Inspection record, Death Valley

National Park Service, Death Valley National Park Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 20, 2013

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Fatality or catastrophe inspection in Death Valley: 6 citations, $0, 1 death investigated. One of 2 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Federal OSHA opened an accident inspection of National Park Service, Death Valley National Park at West Side Road, Death Valley (Inyo County) on Sep 20, 2013. It was a partial inspection focused on health hazards. 200 employees were recorded at the site. The employer is a federal government body. Inspectors issued 6 citations (6 serious) and proposed $0 in penalties; the current total is $0. The case closed on Jul 1, 2015. 1 worker died in the event that led to this inspection. The employer has 1 other inspection on its California record.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1) Serious
Issued Mar 14, 2014. Proposed $0, current $0. 36 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 15, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) Serious
Issued Mar 14, 2014. Proposed $0, current $0. 7 instances. 100 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 15, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 29 CFR 1926.50(e) Serious
Issued Mar 14, 2014. Proposed $0, current $0. 100 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 8, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 29 CFR 1960.8(d) Serious
Issued Mar 14, 2014. Proposed $0, current $0. 100 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 8, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 29 CFR 1960.25(c) Serious
Issued Mar 14, 2014. Proposed $0, current $0. 120 instances. 36 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 8, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 29 CFR 1960.55(a) Serious
Issued Mar 14, 2014. Proposed $0, current $0. 120 instances. 36 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 15, 2015, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Sep 19, 2013. Employee is killed by heat stroke
Keywords: heat 1 death

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 339425522. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 339425522, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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.

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