Sacramento Municipal Utility District safety record at a glance
Sacramento Municipal Utility District has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 21, 2000 and Jun 29, 2026. 14 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 9 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $92,645 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $81,295. The largest single penalty, $73,125, came from an inspection opened Mar 9, 2023 in Herald. That places the employer at #644 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Utilities; Construction; Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Sacramento, Fair Oaks, Herald, Grass Valley, Rio Vista, Elk Grove, McClellan Afb.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Sacramento | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| May 1, 2026 | Fair Oaks | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Herald | Accident | 5 citations 4 serious | $73,125 | open |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Grass Valley | Accident | 1 citation | $420 | Feb 27, 2023 |
| Mar 2, 2017 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Feb 22, 2017 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 11, 2017 |
| Aug 26, 2015 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $7,000 $18,000 proposed | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Jun 13, 2013 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | Jan 24, 2014 |
| Aug 2, 2012 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 6, 2012 |
| Jul 9, 2012 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 25, 2012 |
| Jul 21, 2011 | Rio Vista | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Dec 6, 2012 |
| Jul 8, 2011 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 5, 2011 |
| Apr 6, 2011 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 16, 2013 |
| Jun 7, 2010 | Elk Grove | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Nov 16, 2009 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 9, 2010 |
| Jan 14, 2003 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 10, 2003 |
| Mar 17, 2000 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Jan 21, 2000 | McClellan Afb | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $350 proposed | Dec 27, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2940.6, Tools and Protective Equipment: 4 citations, 3 serious, $55,125
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 5416, Flammable Vapors: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,000
- 8 CCR 2940.2, Minimum Approach Distances: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 2940, General Provisions: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 2320.2, Electrical, work on energized equipment: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer.
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 Sacramento Municipal Utility District
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.