U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bop) - Fci Mendota safety record at a glance
U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bop) - Fci Mendota has been the subject of 28 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 3, 2016 and Aug 13, 2024. 15 of them were complaint inspections. 21 of them produced citations, 82 in all: 68 serious, 5 repeat. Inspectors proposed $0 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $0. 1 worker death was 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. Worksites in Atwater, Mendota, Herlong, Dublin, Lompoc, Victorville.
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Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2024 | Atwater | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Jan 21, 2025 |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Mendota | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Sep 16, 2024 |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Herlong | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 19, 2024 |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Dublin | Complaint | 4 citations 3 serious | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2023 |
| Mar 8, 2023 | Mendota | Planned | 4 citations 2 serious | 0 | 0 | Apr 28, 2023 |
| Feb 8, 2023 | Lompoc | Planned | 7 citations 5 serious | 0 | 0 | Apr 11, 2023 |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Mendota | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 9, 2022 |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Mendota | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Jul 22, 2022 |
| Jun 8, 2021 | Mendota | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 16, 2021 |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Mendota | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | May 11, 2021 |
| Jul 16, 2020 | Mendota | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Dec 4, 2020 |
| Mar 12, 2020 | Atwater | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Jun 23, 2020 |
| Feb 6, 2020 | Dublin | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | 0 | 0 | Mar 9, 2020 |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Mendota | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Mar 6, 2019 |
| Aug 16, 2018 | Victorville | Referral | 1 citation 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Oct 31, 2018 |
| Jul 30, 2018 | Lompoc | Planned | 5 citations 4 serious | 0 | 0 | Oct 22, 2018 |
| Jun 26, 2018 | Victorville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2018 |
| May 1, 2018 | Mendota | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | 0 | 0 | Jul 26, 2018 |
| Apr 3, 2018 | Mendota | Complaint | 3 citations 3 serious | 0 | 0 | Apr 27, 2018 |
| Mar 6, 2018 | Dublin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 2, 2018 |
| Jul 24, 2017 | Herlong | Unprogrammed other | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 24, 2017 |
| Feb 2, 2017 | Victorville | Planned | 10 citations 9 serious 1 repeat | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2017 |
| Feb 1, 2017 | Victorville | Planned | 10 citations 9 serious 1 repeat | 0 | 0 | Apr 27, 2017 |
| Jan 31, 2017 | Victorville | Planned | 11 citations 10 serious 1 repeat | 0 | 0 | Apr 27, 2017 |
| Jan 30, 2017 | Victorville | Planned | 11 citations 10 serious 1 repeat | 0 | 0 | Apr 27, 2017 |
| Dec 6, 2016 | Dublin | Unprogrammed other | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 6, 2017 |
| Nov 17, 2016 | Herlong | Complaint | 3 citations 1 repeat | 0 | 0 | Mar 28, 2017 |
| Oct 3, 2016 | Atwater | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | 0 | 0 | Dec 5, 2016 |
Also recorded as: U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bop) - United States Penitentiary (Usp) - Atwater; U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bop) - Federal Correctional Institution (Fci) - Herlong; U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bop) - Federal Correctional Institution (Fci) - Dublin; U.S. Department of Justice; U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Prison - Federal Correctional Institution - Mendota; U.S. Department of Justice - Bureau of Prisons - Victorville; U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bop) - Federal Correctional Institution (Fci)- Lompoc; U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons- Federal Correctional Institutions; U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bop) - United States Penitentiary (Usp) - Mendota; U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons - Federal Correctional Complex Lompoc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1910.303: 13 citations, 7 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.305: 12 citations, 12 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.1200: 6 citations, 4 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.304: 6 citations, 6 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.212: 5 citations, 4 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.36: 5 citations, 5 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.23: 4 citations, 3 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.157: 4 citations, 2 serious
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.
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If you work, or worked, at U.S. Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bop) - Fci Mendota
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.