San Diego, CA—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

San Diego, CA

109 severe-injury reports between 2015-01-07 and 2025-10-04, 169 OSHA inspections, and 11,062 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in San Diego, California.

California operates its own OSHA-approved State Plan covering private-sector workplaces, so most enforcement in San Diego, CA is state-run. The federal OSHA records on this page cover only workplaces under federal jurisdiction — they are not a complete picture of workplace safety in the city.

109Severe injuries

104Hospitalizations

169OSHA inspections

11,062Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in San Diego

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest 10 2 General Dynamics NASSCO 6 3 BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair Inc. 4 4 Federal Bureau of Prisons-MCC San Diego 4 5 Fleet Readiness Center Southwest 4 6 Naval Base San Diego 3 7 U.S. Customs and Border Protection 3 8 AMP United 2 9 BAE Systems 2 10 Delphinus Engineering Inc 2

Example incidents

Dept. of Defense - USN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA · 2025-10-04 · Exposure to electric arc
An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.
General Dynamics NASSCO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA · 2025-09-02 · Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was tasked with pulling an 8.2-millimeter cable from overhead while on a ship. They were using a 6-foot, leaning step ladder in the A-frame position and standing on the second rung from the top. As they were reaching for the cable, the ladder tipped forward, causing them to lose balance and fall to the ground. The employee's right ankle was caught in the ladder rung when they lost balance, resulting in a fractured ankle.
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA · 2025-08-03 · Fall on same level and catch oneself
An employee was walking around a patient bed when her left leg slipped on liquid and left her in a splits position. She did not fall, and prevented herself from falling by grabbing the bedside rail. The employee sustained tearing of the anterosuperior labrum, partial tearing and tendinosis at the distal/insertional gluteus minimus tendon, and a strain of the distal iliopsoas muscle/tendon with bursitis adjacent to the lesser trochanter.
ADEP Precision Contracting SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA · 2025-07-01 · Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
On July 1, 2025, an employee was descending a scaffold that was 20 to 25 feet high when their foot became caught and they fell 7 to 8 feet from the scaffold. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.
General Dynamics NASSCO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA · 2025-06-03 · Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
An employee was working on the bottom of a littoral combat ship with a water jet propulsion system instead of a rudder. The employee was hammering a pin out of one of the cylinders of the propulsion system when the pin came out and the cylinder retracted. The employee's left middle finger was pinched by the cylinder, resulting in the partial amputation.
U.S. Postal Service SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA · 2025-06-03 · Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was delivering mail when she fell approximately 4 feet from the back of her mail truck. The employee sustained a fractured and dislocated left arm that required surgery.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.