UC Los Angeles Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry safety record at a glance
UC Los Angeles Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 5, 2009 and Jun 26, 2014. 2 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 26 in all: 8 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $130,575 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $84,685. The largest single penalty, $36,690, came from an inspection opened Aug 25, 2009 in Los Angeles. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #601 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Educational Services. Worksites in Los Angeles.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2014 | Los Angeles | Planned | 3 citations | $1,120 $1,680 proposed | Sep 29, 2015 |
| Sep 22, 2009 | Los Angeles | Accident | 3 citations | $15,000 $29,300 proposed | Aug 15, 2013 |
| Aug 25, 2009 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 16 citations 5 serious 1 repeat | $36,690 $67,720 proposed | Jan 26, 2011 |
| Jan 5, 2009 | Los Angeles | Accident | death 4 citations 3 serious | $31,875 | Dec 31, 2009 |
Also recorded as: UC Los Angeles Dept of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5191, Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories: 6 citations, 3 serious, $24,635
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 3 serious, $22,725
- 8 CCR 3383, Body Protection: 2 citations, 1 serious, $25,000
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $210
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,725
- 8 CCR 5538: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 5202, Methylene chloride: 1 citation, $350
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. 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 UC Los Angeles Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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.