What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of University of California San Diego at 8950 Villa la Jolla Drive, La Jolla (San Diego County) on Mar 9, 2020. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 300 employees were recorded at the site. The employer is a state government body. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious, 1 repeat) and proposed $21,400 in penalties; the current total is $21,400. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. The case is still open. The employer has 4 other inspections on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Aug 24, 2020. Proposed $400, current $400. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 9, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 24, 2020. Proposed $3,000, current $3,000. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 9, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 24, 2020. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Contested Sep 14, 2020, final order Mar 20, 2023. Read the rule.
The accident
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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 344677497. 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 344677497, 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 A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change.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.