Porterville Developmental Center safety record at a glance
Porterville Developmental Center has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 4, 2007 and Sep 27, 2021. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $3,335 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $2,880. The largest single penalty, $1,945, came from an inspection opened May 21, 2018 in Porterville. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #34,413 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Porterville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2021 | Porterville | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Jan 13, 2022 |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Porterville | Fatality or catastrophe | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Jun 25, 2019 | Porterville | Complaint | 1 citation | $935 | Jun 13, 2022 |
| May 21, 2018 | Porterville | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,945 $2,400 proposed | Feb 25, 2019 |
| Feb 16, 2017 | Porterville | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 19, 2017 |
| Oct 13, 2016 | Porterville | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 19, 2017 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | Porterville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 9, 2017 |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Porterville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 27, 2015 |
| Jan 6, 2015 | Porterville | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 7, 2015 |
| Apr 4, 2007 | Porterville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 11, 2007 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,305
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, $605
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 1 citation, $485
Accidents investigated
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Porterville Developmental Center
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 4, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.