San Diego County Sheriffs Department safety record at a glance
San Diego County Sheriffs Department has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 15, 2021 and Feb 6, 2023. 13 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $3,555 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $2,550. The largest single penalty, $1,800, came from an inspection opened Sep 15, 2021 in San Diego. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #36,353 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration. Worksites in San Diego, Vista, Santee, Fallbrook, Alpine.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2023 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 8, 2023 |
| Sep 21, 2022 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 2, 2023 |
| Sep 21, 2022 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 23, 2023 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | San Diego | Accident | 3 citations | $2,430 | $1,800 | Jan 5, 2023 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations | $1,125 | $750 | Jan 5, 2023 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Vista | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 29, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Santee | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 14, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 14, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 14, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Fallbrook | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 8, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 14, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 9, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 11, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Alpine | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 8, 2022 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 3 citations, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 14001: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego employment lawyer, Vista 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. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "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 San Diego County Sheriffs Department
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 1, 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.