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Know What a Cal/OSHA Inspector Will Ask For — Before They Show Up
California Senate Bill 553 has been enforceable since July 2024. Cal/OSHA inspectors are requesting Workplace Violence Prevention Plans on inspections that started for completely unrelated reasons — a heat illness complaint, a fall injury, a routine programmed inspection.
Each missing document is a separate violation.
We pulled together the 12 documents Cal/OSHA is actually asking for in 2025 and 2026 inspections, based on the editorial synthesis of attorney reporting from California employment counsel tracking these cases. It’s a free two-page PDF. Send us your email and we’ll send it over.
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What’s in the checklist
- The three documents inspectors request first, in order
- The single document Cal/OSHA inspectors focus on most heavily (and why it trips up most employers)
- The five questions inspectors ask employees during workplace violence investigations
- What training records have to show beyond just an attendance sheet
- The penalty exposure for each missing item
Who built this
Cynserus is a California SB 553 compliance platform built by a former police detective and Fortune 500 security executive. We generate site-specific Workplace Violence Prevention Plans, incident reporting infrastructure, and training materials for California businesses starting at $249 per year.
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Not sure whether SB 553 applies to your business? Run through the three-prong exemption test to find out in 90 seconds.
This checklist is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. Sources include the Ogletree Deakins podcast series on the 2026 California workplace violence prevention landscape. See our Terms of Service for details.
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