State of California, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation safety record at a glance
State of California, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 15, 2015 and Sep 14, 2026. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 35 in all: 14 serious. Inspectors proposed $507,625 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $296,650. The largest single penalty, $251,880, came from an inspection opened Jun 24, 2020 in San Quentin. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #53 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Vacaville, San Quentin, Lancaster, Camarillo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Vacaville | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Aug 13, 2025 | San Quentin | Complaint | 1 citation | $800 | $800 | open |
| Aug 14, 2023 | San Quentin | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 3, 2024 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | Vacaville | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | $25,200 | $22,050 | Feb 27, 2024 |
| Apr 9, 2021 | San Quentin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 27, 2021 |
| Jun 24, 2020 | San Quentin | Fatality or catastrophe | death 14 citations 9 serious | $421,880 | $251,880 | Sep 6, 2024 |
| Jan 31, 2020 | Vacaville | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Jun 16, 2020 |
| Sep 1, 2017 | Lancaster | Complaint | 3 citations | $3,200 | $3,200 | open |
| Jun 21, 2017 | Camarillo | Accident | 2 citations | $795 | $420 | Sep 10, 2018 |
| Aug 2, 2016 | Lancaster | Accident | 2 citations | $700 | $700 | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Aug 2, 2016 | Lancaster | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Sep 15, 2015 | San Quentin | Accident | 10 citations 3 serious | $54,600 | $17,150 | Jul 25, 2016 |
Also recorded as: State of California, Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation; State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; State of California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation; State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Solano State Prison.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 8 citations, 7 serious, $235,475
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 1 serious, $9,410
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 4 citations, 1 serious, $7,405
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 3 citations, 2 serious, $19,405
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, 1 serious, $7,155
- 8 CCR 5142: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,900
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 2 citations, $1,225
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Lancaster 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, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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.