Sea World safety record at a glance
Sea World has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 22, 2003 and Jul 21, 2015. 7 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $73,860 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,595. The largest single penalty, $4,835, came from an inspection opened Dec 20, 2006 in San Diego. That places the employer at #20,059 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 7 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation. Worksites in San Diego, Chula Vista.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2015 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 24, 2015 |
| Jul 21, 2015 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 27, 2015 |
| Nov 13, 2014 | San Diego | Complaint | 4 citations 3 serious | $25,770 | 0 | Feb 6, 2017 |
| Sep 29, 2014 | Chula Vista | Accident | 2 citations | $5,560 | $560 | Mar 30, 2017 |
| Dec 20, 2006 | San Diego | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $23,450 | $4,835 | Apr 18, 2008 |
| Nov 30, 2006 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $800 | $240 | Dec 15, 2007 |
| Jan 8, 2004 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $810 | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Oct 22, 2003 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $280 | $150 | Mar 18, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Sea World LLC; Sea World, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 3 serious, $1,010
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,385
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, 1 serious, $810
- 8 CCR 3214, Stair rails and handrails: 1 citation, $240
- 8 CCR 5417: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego employment lawyer, Chula 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 Sea World
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.