Space Exploration Technologies Corporation safety record at a glance
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 22, 2017 and Apr 28, 2026. 4 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 4 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $24,285 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $24,285. The largest single penalty, $18,475, came from an inspection opened Feb 23, 2022 in Hawthorne. That places the employer at #4,954 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Hawthorne.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | Hawthorne | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Hawthorne | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 19, 2024 |
| Feb 23, 2022 | Hawthorne | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,475 | $18,475 | Oct 11, 2022 |
| Apr 26, 2021 | Hawthorne | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,060 | $5,060 | Oct 11, 2021 |
| May 2, 2017 | Hawthorne | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Mar 22, 2017 | Hawthorne | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 12, 2017 |
Also recorded as: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,225
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Hawthorne 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 Space Exploration Technologies 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.