San Diego Unified School District safety record at a glance
San Diego Unified School District has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 3, 2000 and Sep 22, 2026. 12 of them were accident inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $58,980 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $53,570. The largest single penalty, $21,600, came from an inspection opened Oct 2, 2020 in San Diego. That places the employer at #1,318 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Educational Services. Worksites in San Diego.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | San Diego | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Sep 21, 2026 | San Diego | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Aug 31, 2023 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Mar 25, 2021 | San Diego | Accident | 4 citations | $3,500 | $1,800 | Nov 22, 2021 |
| Oct 2, 2020 | San Diego | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $25,310 | $21,600 | Aug 24, 2021 |
| Apr 4, 2017 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Oct 18, 2017 |
| Nov 30, 2016 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $420 | $420 | Jun 29, 2017 |
| Apr 6, 2016 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Jan 29, 2017 |
| Jan 4, 2016 | San Diego | Complaint | 2 citations | $900 | $900 | Mar 13, 2017 |
| Oct 14, 2011 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 9, 2012 |
| Apr 28, 2010 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2010 |
| Feb 17, 2010 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations | $700 | $700 | Feb 7, 2013 |
| Jun 1, 2009 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Feb 26, 2008 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations | $1,030 | $1,030 | Dec 17, 2008 |
| Jan 9, 2008 | San Diego | Accident | 7 citations | $4,120 | $4,120 | Dec 17, 2008 |
| May 3, 2000 | San Diego | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2000 |
Also recorded as: San Diego Unified School District - Perkins Elemen.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $1,535
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 3 citations, 2 serious, $22,125
- 8 CCR 6165: 2 citations, $1,870
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 4307.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3278: 1 citation, $750
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego 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 Unified School 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 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.