Solarcity Corporation safety record at a glance
Solarcity Corporation has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 8, 2010 and Jan 29, 2015. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $39,330 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,760. The largest single penalty, $26,500, came from an inspection opened Apr 8, 2010 in San Pablo. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,400 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Keyes, Santa Rosa, Oceanside, Ramona, Simi Valley, Bakersfield, San Francisco, Oakdale.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2015 | Keyes | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 27, 2015 |
| Dec 9, 2014 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 15, 2015 |
| May 28, 2014 | Oceanside | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | 0 | Apr 11, 2015 |
| May 22, 2014 | Ramona | Accident | 6 citations | $3,270 | $2,710 | open |
| May 12, 2014 | Simi Valley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Aug 24, 2012 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 29, 2012 |
| Jul 6, 2011 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $3,375 | $450 | Jul 11, 2012 |
| Dec 16, 2010 | Oakdale | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 20, 2010 |
| Jul 20, 2010 | San Pablo | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 16, 2010 |
| May 4, 2010 | Lafayette | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $6,000 | $1,100 | Jan 11, 2011 |
| Apr 8, 2010 | San Pablo | Accident | death 3 citations 1 serious | $26,500 | $26,500 | Sep 21, 2013 |
Also recorded as: Solarcity Corp dba Solarcity; Solarcity Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 2 citations, 1 serious, $25,500
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $1,215
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, $1,050
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1527: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Rosa employment lawyer, Oceanside 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 Solarcity Corporation
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.