U.S. Customs and Border Protection safety record at a glance
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been the subject of 36 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 16, 2006 and Mar 31, 2025. 25 of them were planned inspections. 31 of them produced citations, 106 in all: 74 serious, 15 repeat. Inspectors proposed $0 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $0. 4 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #86,334 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Calexico, Winterhaven, Imperial, Campo, Chula Vista, San Diego, San Ysidro, San Pedro.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2025 | Calexico | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | May 21, 2025 |
| May 5, 2023 | Winterhaven | Complaint | 1 citation 1 repeat | 0 | 0 | Jul 27, 2023 |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Imperial | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious 2 repeat | 0 | 0 | May 16, 2023 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | Calexico | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Aug 19, 2022 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | Calexico | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Aug 19, 2022 |
| May 13, 2022 | Campo | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 5, 2022 |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Chula Vista | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2022 |
| Oct 8, 2021 | San Diego | Referral | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Jan 26, 2022 |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Imperial | Planned | 4 citations 4 serious | 0 | 0 | May 22, 2020 |
| Oct 9, 2018 | San Ysidro | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| Jul 26, 2017 | Calexico | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | 0 | 0 | Jan 8, 2018 |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Calexico | Planned | 5 citations 4 serious 1 repeat | 0 | 0 | Jan 8, 2018 |
| Dec 14, 2016 | Calexico | Planned | 3 citations 3 repeat | 0 | 0 | Mar 22, 2017 |
| Oct 5, 2016 | San Ysidro | Planned | 7 citations 2 serious 4 repeat | 0 | 0 | Jan 11, 2017 |
| Dec 8, 2014 | San Diego | Planned | 4 citations 4 repeat | 0 | 0 | Jan 30, 2015 |
| Mar 18, 2014 | Calexico | Planned | 10 citations 10 serious | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2014 |
| Mar 18, 2014 | Calexico | Planned | 11 citations 11 serious | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2014 |
| Mar 18, 2014 | Calexico | Planned | 3 citations 3 serious | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2014 |
| Mar 18, 2014 | Calexico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 14, 2014 |
| Nov 18, 2013 | San Pedro | Planned | 8 citations 8 serious | 0 | 0 | Jan 27, 2014 |
| Dec 21, 2012 | Tecate | Programmed related | 4 citations 4 serious | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2014 |
| Feb 3, 2012 | El Cajon | Planned | 7 citations 7 serious | 0 | 0 | Jul 25, 2012 |
| Sep 15, 2011 | San Diego | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2012 |
| Aug 8, 2011 | San Diego | Referral | 2 citations 2 serious | 0 | 0 | Jan 12, 2012 |
| Sep 21, 2010 | San Diego | Complaint | 3 citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 8, 2011 |
| Jul 24, 2009 | Pine Valley | Referral | death 6 citations 6 serious | 0 | 0 | Sep 29, 2009 |
| Jul 31, 2008 | Boulevard | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2016 |
| Jul 31, 2008 | Pine Valley | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2016 |
| Jul 30, 2008 | San Ysidro | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2016 |
| Jul 30, 2008 | San Diego | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2016 |
| Jul 29, 2008 | San Diego | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2016 |
| Jul 29, 2008 | El Cajon | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2016 |
| Jul 23, 2008 | San Diego | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2016 |
| Jul 23, 2008 | San Diego | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 23, 2008 |
| Jul 27, 2007 | Chula Vista | Accident | death 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2009 |
| Oct 16, 2006 | Concord | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 16, 2006 |
Also recorded as: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; US Customs and Border Protection; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Los Angeles Laboratory; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - San Ysidro Port of Entry; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Border Patrol Calexico Station; U.S. Customs & Border Protection - Calexico West Port of Entry; U.S. Customs & Border Protection - Calexico East Port of Entry; U.S. Customs & Border Protection - San Ysidro Port of Entry; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Calexico West.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1910.303: 14 citations, 12 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.305: 11 citations, 10 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.157: 11 citations, 7 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.1200: 8 citations, 7 serious
- 8 CCR 1960.67: 7 citations
- 8 CCR 1960.59: 6 citations, 6 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.304: 5 citations, 4 serious
- 8 CCR 1904.29: 4 citations
Accidents investigated
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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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.