2021 in numbers
Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections of California workplaces opened in 2021: 6,159 inspections, 4,018 with citations, 10,813 citations (2,158 serious), $22,479,277 in penalties after appeals, 447 worker deaths investigated. Against 2020 that is a decrease of 8% in inspections.
Biggest penalties of 2021
| Employer | Inspections | Citations | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Safety | 2 | 17 | $988,000 |
| Valero Refining Company | 3 | 9 | $534,375 |
| Tesla, Inc. | 12 | 22 | $169,685 |
| J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc. | 1 | 6 | $141,125 |
| Gagan Jeet Singh | 1 | 5 | $124,470 |
| Millennium Reinforcing Inc | 2 | 6 | $114,150 |
| Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/9-1-1: Lone Star | 2 | 15 | $104,280 |
| T.R.S.C., Inc. | 1 | 16 | $101,125 |
| Circle Graphics, Inc | 1 | 5 | $93,300 |
| Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. | 4 | 11 | $91,005 |
| U.S. Postal Service | 12 | 8 | $88,567 |
| Timberworks Construction, Inc. | 6 | 10 | $81,125 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | 13 | 18 | $81,010 |
| Adept Process Services, Inc. | 1 | 7 | $78,810 |
| Esparza Enterprises, Inc. | 5 | 4 | $75,975 |
| Sylvester Roofing Company Inc. | 2 | 9 | $71,360 |
| J.R. Filanc Construction CO., Inc. | 1 | 4 | $70,000 |
| Uss-Upi, LLC | 2 | 7 | $65,200 |
| United Parcel Service | 16 | 11 | $65,020 |
| Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. and Tutor Perini Corporation | 3 | 11 | $63,535 |
| Fairway Staffing Services | 6 | 8 | $60,745 |
| RA Construction | 1 | 8 | $60,100 |
| Teledyne Technologies Inc | 1 | 4 | $56,520 |
| Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians | 2 | 19 | $56,246 |
| California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation-Salinas Valley State Prison | 1 | 3 | $54,000 |
By industry
| Industry | Inspections | Citations | Penalties | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 1,712 | 2,821 | $6,177,361 | 55 |
| Manufacturing | 951 | 2,215 | $5,506,707 | 70 |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 605 | 866 | $1,947,423 | 32 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services | 464 | 770 | $1,760,089 | 37 |
| Retail Trade | 384 | 658 | $739,700 | 31 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 350 | 498 | $973,807 | 23 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 339 | 579 | $1,132,528 | 55 |
| Public Administration | 256 | 285 | $648,120 | 67 |
| Wholesale Trade | 182 | 368 | $844,573 | 18 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 163 | 308 | $348,339 | 10 |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | 158 | 211 | $277,697 | 4 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 129 | 406 | $429,214 | 8 |
| Educational Services | 112 | 102 | $162,833 | 12 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 98 | 290 | $473,853 | 4 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 89 | 143 | $291,711 | 7 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 59 | 103 | $180,472 | 4 |
| Utilities | 55 | 107 | $207,705 | 4 |
| Information | 44 | 73 | $355,485 | 5 |
| Finance and Insurance | 6 | 9 | $20,385 | 1 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 2 | 1 | $1,275 | 0 |
| 1 | 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.