Santa Ana Unified School District safety record at a glance
Santa Ana Unified School District has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 27, 2001 and Sep 22, 2025. 11 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $39,190 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $26,285. The largest single penalty, $18,100, came from an inspection opened Aug 3, 2016 in Santa Ana. That places the employer at #4,351 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Educational Services; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Santa Ana.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2025 | Santa Ana | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 14, 2025 |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Santa Ana | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 24, 2022 |
| Sep 2, 2016 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 $420 proposed | Jul 12, 2017 |
| Aug 3, 2016 | Santa Ana | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,100 $23,200 proposed | Dec 28, 2017 |
| May 16, 2016 | Santa Ana | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Mar 23, 2016 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 5 citations | $750 $7,680 proposed | Jul 6, 2017 |
| Nov 26, 2013 | Santa Ana | Accident | 3 citations | $6,125 | Oct 12, 2018 |
| Jun 14, 2013 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 $185 proposed | Apr 29, 2016 |
| Nov 30, 2011 | Santa Ana | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $0 $150 proposed | Jan 22, 2016 |
| Nov 15, 2011 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 $420 proposed | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Nov 14, 2011 | Santa Ana | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 5, 2012 |
| Oct 5, 2004 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 2 citations | $560 | Jul 11, 2008 |
| Nov 14, 2003 | Santa Ana | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 8, 2004 |
| Oct 7, 2002 | Santa Ana | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 26, 2003 |
| Feb 7, 2002 | Santa Ana | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 7, 2002 |
| Jan 25, 2002 | Santa Ana | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 23, 2002 |
| Mar 27, 2001 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 3 citations | $450 | Nov 9, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Santa Ana Unified School District (Mitchell CDC); Santa Ana Unified School District - Madison Elementary School.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $475
- 8 CCR 4300.1, Table Saws - Manual Feed (Class B): 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 5185, Changing and Charging Storage Batteries: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3272, Aisles, Walkways, and Crawlways: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
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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 Santa Ana 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 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.