State of California Department of Transportation safety record at a glance
State of California Department of Transportation has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 1, 2001 and Apr 23, 2025. 7 of them were planned inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 6 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $166,195 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $165,985. The largest single penalty, $86,000, came from an inspection opened Jul 22, 2024 in San Clemente. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #155 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Construction. Worksites in Los Angeles, San Clemente, Vacaville, Irwindale, Santa Ana, Fowler, Fresno, North Hollywood.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2025 | Los Angeles | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 2 serious | $15,300 | $15,300 | open |
| Jul 22, 2024 | San Clemente | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 2 repeat | $86,000 | $86,000 | open |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Sep 19, 2023 |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Vacaville | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 2 serious | $21,035 | $21,035 | Sep 16, 2024 |
| May 19, 2022 | Irwindale | Accident | 1 citation | $210 | 0 | Nov 30, 2022 |
| May 1, 2020 | Santa Ana | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 30, 2020 |
| Feb 28, 2019 | Fowler | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| Nov 21, 2018 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 18, 2019 |
| May 7, 2018 | North Hollywood | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Oct 13, 2017 | La Canada Flintridge | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 12, 2018 |
| Mar 29, 2017 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Jul 19, 2018 |
| Aug 10, 2011 | Walnut Creek | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $24,225 | $24,225 | Aug 7, 2012 |
| Feb 1, 2011 | San Diego | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 24, 2011 |
| May 13, 2010 | Orinda | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jun 2, 2010 |
| Apr 27, 2010 | San Francisco | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Jul 10, 2010 |
| Apr 6, 2010 | Orinda | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 15, 2010 |
| Oct 16, 2003 | San Mateo | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Feb 19, 2009 |
| Aug 21, 2003 | Crockett | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 8, 2003 |
| Oct 19, 2001 | Coulterville | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 24, 2001 |
| Oct 9, 2001 | Los Banos | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2001 |
| Oct 1, 2001 | Vernalis | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 19, 2001 |
Also recorded as: State of California, Department of Transportation.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 2 serious, $53,585
- 8 CCR 1598: 2 citations, 1 serious, $61,475
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 2 serious, $25,650
- 8 CCR 8422: 2 citations, $1,050
- 8 CCR 2320.4: 1 citation, 1 serious, $22,950
- 8 CCR 2320.2, Electrical, work on energized equipment: 1 citation, $1,275
- 8 CCR 1513: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Los Angeles 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 Transportation
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.