Taft Electric safety record at a glance
Taft Electric has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 17, 2000 and Dec 10, 2025. 4 of them were planned inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 0 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $18,230 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,870. The largest single penalty, $2,060, came from an inspection opened Apr 9, 2003 in Lancaster. That places the employer at #21,974 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Ventura, Vandenberg Afb, Thousand Oaks, Goleta, Santa Barbara, Valencia, Lancaster, Oxnard.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2025 | Ventura | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Jun 7, 2017 | Vandenberg Afb | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | Oct 27, 2017 |
| May 22, 2015 | Thousand Oaks | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,500 $11,810 proposed | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Oct 30, 2014 | Goleta | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 9, 2015 |
| Mar 18, 2010 | Santa Barbara | Planned | 2 citations | $150 $600 proposed | Jan 3, 2011 |
| Apr 2, 2004 | Valencia | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $560 | Jul 8, 2006 |
| Jul 9, 2003 | Santa Barbara | Programmed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 1, 2007 |
| Apr 9, 2003 | Lancaster | Referral | 3 citations | $2,060 | Jul 1, 2006 |
| Feb 28, 2001 | Santa Barbara | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 14, 2001 |
| May 17, 2000 | Oxnard | Planned | 1 citation 1 repeat | $1,600 $3,200 proposed | Aug 31, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Taft Electric CO.; Taft Electric Company; Taft Electric Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 4 citations, $2,245
- 8 CCR 5002, Overhead Loads: 1 citation, $1,600
- 8 CCR 2320.4, De-Energized Equipment or Systems: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 2320.5, Energizing (or Re-Energizing) Equipment or Systems: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 341.4, Posting of Permit: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 1926.405, Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use: 1 citation
Local pages: Thousand Oaks 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Taft Electric
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 4, 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.