UC San Diego Health safety record at a glance
UC San Diego Health has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 19, 2018 and Sep 13, 2021. 1 of them were fatality or catastrophe inspections. All of them produced citations, 12 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $58,085 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $33,150. The largest single penalty, $18,420, came from an inspection opened May 11, 2018 in La Jolla. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #2,999 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in San Diego, La Jolla.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2021 | San Diego | Fatality or catastrophe | death 4 citations | $6,855 | $6,855 | Dec 23, 2022 |
| May 11, 2018 | La Jolla | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $36,000 | $18,420 | Aug 12, 2019 |
| Jan 19, 2018 | San Diego | Complaint | 6 citations 1 serious | $15,230 | $7,875 | May 13, 2019 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 4 citations, 1 serious, $7,575
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 3 citations, $1,855
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3381: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 4300.40: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation
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 San Diego Health
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.