2020 in numbers
Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections of California workplaces opened in 2020: 6,703 inspections, 4,127 with citations, 11,722 citations (2,772 serious), $23,817,315 in penalties after appeals, 521 worker deaths investigated. Against 2019 that is a decrease of 20% in inspections.
Biggest penalties of 2020
| Employer | Inspections | Citations | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of California, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation | 2 | 15 | $252,330 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | 24 | 58 | $251,650 |
| California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation | 6 | 26 | $216,045 |
| Foster Poultry Farms | 18 | 22 | $182,925 |
| Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC | 5 | 9 | $157,800 |
| Basilico's Pasta E Vino | 1 | 6 | $152,060 |
| Alco Harvesting | 2 | 3 | $117,500 |
| Overhill Farms, Inc. | 6 | 18 | $116,460 |
| International Farmers Kitchen LLC dba Apple Bistro and Apple Bistro, Inc. | 1 | 2 | $108,000 |
| Los Angeles Apparel, Inc. | 3 | 17 | $100,300 |
| Sierra Pacific Industries | 11 | 15 | $98,105 |
| U.S. Postal Service | 10 | 24 | $96,603 |
| Sutter Bay Hospitals | 10 | 22 | $82,380 |
| Fantasy Cookie Corp. | 1 | 2 | $80,000 |
| Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. | 3 | 15 | $78,480 |
| Jose Luis Perez Hernandez | 1 | 15 | $77,950 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 12 | 19 | $76,190 |
| Kingston Healthcare Center, LLC | 1 | 8 | $74,685 |
| Ralphs Grocery Company | 19 | 37 | $70,295 |
| Viking Staffing, LLC | 1 | 5 | $66,200 |
| California Ranch Food Company, Inc. | 1 | 6 | $64,700 |
| U.S.A Cold Storage | 1 | 19 | $62,325 |
| Silverado Beverly Place, LLC | 1 | 9 | $60,000 |
| Kindred Hospital | 3 | 6 | $59,300 |
| Orange County Fire Authority | 1 | 5 | $58,950 |
By industry
| Industry | Inspections | Citations | Penalties | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 1,726 | 2,904 | $4,909,257 | 59 |
| Manufacturing | 1,067 | 2,968 | $5,791,995 | 77 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 667 | 858 | $1,824,257 | 49 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 562 | 857 | $1,738,299 | 46 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 537 | 987 | $3,093,083 | 116 |
| Retail Trade | 409 | 535 | $921,949 | 28 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 349 | 488 | $854,578 | 25 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 253 | 400 | $726,796 | 11 |
| Public Administration | 243 | 372 | $1,321,260 | 45 |
| Wholesale Trade | 222 | 373 | $897,220 | 23 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 147 | 364 | $328,908 | 6 |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | 119 | 96 | $137,320 | 1 |
| Educational Services | 79 | 78 | $193,470 | 8 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 78 | 116 | $245,807 | 12 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 72 | 165 | $293,503 | 6 |
| Utilities | 71 | 77 | $344,175 | 4 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 47 | 54 | $143,560 | 4 |
| Information | 32 | 28 | $50,228 | 1 |
| Finance and Insurance | 6 | 2 | $1,650 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | $0 | 0 |
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. All years, tracker home.
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.