UC Davis safety record at a glance
UC Davis has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 23, 2001 and Jul 2, 2026. 11 of them were accident inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 24 in all: 4 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $73,950 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $69,255. The largest single penalty, $26,955, came from an inspection opened Sep 14, 2020 in Davis. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #860 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Educational Services; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Davis, San Diego, Merced.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | Davis | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Nov 6, 2025 | Davis | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Oct 12, 2022 | Davis | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 2, 2022 |
| Aug 1, 2022 | Davis | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 12, 2023 |
| Jun 20, 2022 | Davis | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $5,000 | $2,750 | Oct 17, 2022 |
| Dec 22, 2021 | Davis | Accident | 1 citation | $450 | $365 | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Davis | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | $6,750 | Jan 21, 2022 |
| Jun 21, 2021 | San Diego | Accident | 4 citations 1 repeat | $2,265 | $2,155 | Oct 31, 2022 |
| Sep 14, 2020 | Davis | Accident | 8 citations 1 serious | $26,955 | $26,955 | Apr 6, 2021 |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Davis | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 23, 2019 |
| Jan 22, 2019 | Davis | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2020 |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Davis | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $11,725 | $9,475 | Aug 20, 2018 |
| Oct 30, 2013 | Merced | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 12, 2014 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | Davis | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 20, 2012 |
| Mar 9, 2011 | Davis | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,905 | $1,905 | May 2, 2016 |
| Aug 20, 2008 | Davis | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 3, 2008 |
| Mar 18, 2005 | Davis | Complaint | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Jan 22, 2007 |
| Feb 14, 2003 | Davis | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 28, 2003 |
| Feb 23, 2001 | Davis | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,450 | $18,450 | May 18, 2001 |
Also recorded as: U.C. Davis; UC Davis - Animal Science; UC Davis - Finance, Operations, and Administration Division.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 9 citations, $4,230
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 1 serious, $24,515
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $1,270
- 8 CCR 3645: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $2,750
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 1 citation, $795
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego 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 UC Davis
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.