State of California safety record at a glance
State of California has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 5, 2010 and Oct 23, 2026. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $29,615 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,585. The largest single penalty, $5,735, came from an inspection opened Jun 4, 2021 in Avenal. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #11,446 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; Construction. Worksites in San Bernardino, Sacramento, Oakland, Avenal, Los Angeles, Rancho Cucamonga, Needles, San Marcos.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | San Bernardino | Unprogrammed related | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 28, 2026 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Sacramento | Accident | 2 citations | $1,400 | $1,400 | May 26, 2026 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 8, 2026 |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Avenal | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2023 |
| Apr 17, 2023 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 4 citations | $3,365 | $1,800 | open |
| Jun 8, 2022 | Rancho Cucamonga | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 21, 2022 |
| Oct 18, 2021 | Avenal | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 14, 2022 |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Avenal | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $9,850 | $5,735 | May 1, 2023 |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Needles | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | $450 | Jan 23, 2023 |
| Aug 20, 2020 | San Marcos | Complaint | 1 citation | $13,500 | $3,825 | Aug 29, 2022 |
| Sep 17, 2019 | Hesperia | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 28, 2019 |
| Apr 27, 2011 | Martinez | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 17, 2011 |
| Aug 5, 2010 | Anaheim | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2010 |
Also recorded as: State of California - Dosh Elevator Unit.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $4,900
- 8 CCR 3342, Workplace violence prevention plan: 3 citations, $1,200
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,735
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $700
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 1 citation, $450
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Bernardino employment lawyer, Sacramento employment lawyer, Oakland 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 State of California
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.