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PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

24255 PACIFIC COAST HWY, MALIBU, CA, 90263
611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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OSHA inspections
4
over 35 years
Violations
24
$17,225 in penalties
Penalties
$17,225
$718 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations

Summary

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY has accumulated 24 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $17,225 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 440 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 84th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 months ago.

Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY appears in OSHA workplace safety, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.1 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
24
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$17,225
$718 avg / violation
4% serious96% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 4

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $17,170 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
3314 A11$13,500Mar 2002Mar 2002
3203(A)11$935May 2026May 2026
29 CFR 6401.0009 C11$935May 2026May 2026
3272 B11$225Nov 1999Nov 1999
3314 F11$185Mar 2002Mar 2002
3203 A0411$185Mar 2002Mar 2002
29 CFR 2340.000111$150Nov 1999Nov 1999
29 CFR 2510.000411$150Nov 1999Nov 1999
3362 A11$150Nov 1999Nov 1999
6151 C0111$150Nov 1999Nov 1999
5144 B11$110Apr 1991Apr 1991
3273 H11$55Apr 1991Apr 1991
4309 B11$55Apr 1991Apr 1991
4650 E11$55Apr 1991Apr 1991
5144 C11$55Apr 1991Apr 1991
5144 D0411$55Apr 1991Apr 1991
4309 D11$55Apr 1991Apr 1991
4310 A0111$55Apr 1991Apr 1991
5194 F0811$55Apr 1991Apr 1991
5194 H0111$55Apr 1991Apr 1991

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

98th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 6113 within CA. Peer group: 440 employers. This establishment has 24 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
91st
peer median: $558
Inspection frequency
84th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Complaint
2
Accident
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Feb 1, 2002AMPUTATED,FAN BLADE,FINGER,CAUGHT BY,ELECTRONIC TECHNICN,ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR,MECH MALFUNCTION11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
8 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 8 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
14
Certified
9
Avg wage ratio
1.17x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
24255 PACIFIC COAST HY · MALIBU, CA, 90263
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified00Apr 2018View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
2662232
Operation
C

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$58K
Obligated (all-time)
$402K
Awards
17
Top agency
Department of Commerce
$150K
Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Commerce$150K
Federal Communications Commission$132K
Department of Defense$83K
Department of the Interior$20K
Department of Veterans Affairs$13K
Largest awards
  • Department of Education
    GRANT PROGRAM
    assistance · Last action 2025-12-16
    $5,994,525
  • Department of Education
    GRANT PROGRAM
    assistance · Last action 2026-05-20
    $5,748,056
  • Corporation for National and Community Service
    THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024-2025 FGP PROGRAM. THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24. YOUR 2024-2025 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.23%.
    assistance · Last action 2026-06-05
    $3,406,579
  • Department of Education
    CAMPUS BASED-FWS
    assistance · Last action 2025-04-10
    $1,875,000
  • Department of Education
    CAMPUS BASED-FWS
    assistance · Last action 2026-03-20
    $1,827,475
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
    AMERICA AND THE WORLD: 250 YEARS OF U.S. LEADERSHIP IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS [IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES, PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WILSON CENTER, PROPOSES TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES A MAJOR HUMANITIES-CENTERED PUBLIC PROGRAMMING INITIATIVE TITLED AMERICA AND THE WORLD: 250 YEARS OF U.S. LEADERSHIP IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS. THIS NATIONAL EFFORT WILL EXPLORE THE PIVOTAL MOMENTS, FIGURES, AND THEMES THAT HAVE DEFINED AMERICAN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES. THROUGH A CURATED SERIES OF EIGHT TO TWELVE PUBLIC LECTURES AND COMPLEMENTARY EMBASSY ROUNDTABLES, ALONG WITH CONNECTED EDUCATIONAL CONTENT PUBLISHED ONLINE, THE PROJECT WILL OFFER THE AMERICAN PUBLIC A HISTORICALLY GROUNDED, NUANCED EXAMINATION OF THE EVOLUTION OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY DURING A PERIOD OF NATIONAL CELEBRATION AND REFLECTION.]
    assistance · Last action 2026-06-09
    $1,000,000
  • National Science Foundation
    BRC-BIO: HIGH NUTRIENT SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE DELIVERY EFFECTS ON COASTAL PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY ON CORAL REEFS IN MAUNALUA BAY, HAWAII -EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE STRESSORS ON COASTAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS IS CRUCIAL. IN DOING SO, RESEARCHERS CAN UNDERSTAND THE RESILIENCE OF THESE ECOSYSTEMS, PREPARE COASTAL MANAGEMENT FOR FUTURE SCENARIOS, AND AID IN PRIORITIZING RESTORATION EFFORTS. WITH AT LEAST 52% OF THE US POPULATION LIVING IN AREAS THAT DRAIN INTO COASTAL WATERSHEDS, IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR RESEARCHERS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT POLLUTION IN COASTAL SYSTEMS. SUBMARINE GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE (SGD) IS DEFINED AS ANY AND ALL FLOW OF WATER FROM THE SEABED TO THE COASTAL OCEAN. IN AREAS WHERE THE NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION OF COASTAL GROUNDWATER HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED BY CHANGING LAND USE, NUTRIENT LOADING TO COASTAL WATERS VIA SGD HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH ALGAE BLOOMS AND SHIFTS IN THE COMMUNITY COMPOSITION. THIS RESEARCH WILL CHARACTERIZE LAND-BASED SOURCES OF NUTRIENT POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON CORAL REEF PRODUCTIVITY AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION. THE RESULTS FROM THIS RESEARCH WILL BE SHARED WITH STATE ENTITIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE RESULTS WILL AID A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON RESTORING THE STUDY SITE IN IDENTIFYING AND PRIORITIZING RESTORATION SITES. THIS PROGRAM WILL ENGAGE UP TO 10 UNDERGRADUATES AND ONE POST BACCALAUREATE. PEER-REVIEWED STRATEGIES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETAINMENT OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS, SUCH AS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND SUMMER-LONG FIELD-BASED RESEARCH, WILL BE USED. MAUNALUA BAY (O?AHU, HI) HAS EXPERIENCED DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE IN POPULATION OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS. THIS HAS AFFECTED THE WATER QUALITY IN NEAR SHORE CORAL REEFS. DUE TO THE RANGE OF ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS DENSITY, DISCRETE SGD, AND ITS CORAL REEF HABITATS, MAUNALUA BAY IS A MODEL SYSTEM TO STUDY LAND-BASED EFFECTS ON WATER QUALITY AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION ON CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES. THE MAIN SOURCE OF LAND-BASED INORGANIC NUTRIENTS IN MAUNALUA BAY IS SGD, WHICH DELIVERS BOTH FRESHWATER AND INORGANIC NUTRIENTS. THIS RESEARCH WILL USE NOVEL METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE SGD DELIVERY TO BOTH THE WATER COLUMN (DRONE THERMAL IMAGERY) AND BENTHOS (SENSORS MOORED TO THE REEF) OF TWO REEFS. THE WORK WILL ALSO QUANTIFY CARBON UPTAKE OF THE MAIN PRIMARY PRODUCERS ON ALGAL-DOMINATED REEFS. FINALLY, THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE ALGAE ON A REEF WITH SGD AND WITHOUT SGD WILL BE MODELED. THIS WORK WILL CLARIFY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EFFECT OF SGD ON BOTH BENTHIC AND WATER COLUMN ALGAL PRODUCTIVITY OF REEFS. MORE THAN JUST UNDERSTANDING THE ABUNDANCE, DISTRIBUTION, AND PRODUCTIVITY OF COASTAL ORGANISMS, THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL GET TO THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL MECHANISMS DRIVING THESE PATTERNS ON A LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCALE IN CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS. THIS PROJECT IS COFUNDED BY THE BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITY OF NEW FACULTY IN BIOLOGY PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY AND THE DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF OCEAN SCIENCES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.
    assistance · Last action 2026-05-15
    $530,880
  • National Science Foundation
    BRC-BIO: WHICH WHOLE-PLANT TRAITS FACILITATE DESICCATION TOLERANCE IN THE VEGETATIVE TISSUES OF TERRESTRIAL AND EPIPHYTIC RESURRECTION FERNS? -RESURRECTION PLANTS CAN LOSE NEARLY ALL OF THEIR WATER TO ENTER A DORMANT, DRY STATE AND SUBSEQUENTLY REGAIN THEIR ORIGINAL FUNCTION WHEN REHYDRATED. SCIENTISTS HAVE BEGUN TO CHARACTERIZE THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF RECOVERY AT THE TISSUE LEVEL, BUT LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT LARGER SCALE TRAITS THAT ENABLE RECOVERY AT THE LEVEL OF THE WHOLE PLANT. THIS PROJECT WILL ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER THOSE KEY TRAITS BY COMPARING THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF CLOSELY RELATED RESURRECTION AND NON-RESURRECTION PLANTS. LAND-DWELLING AND TREE-DWELLING RESURRECTION PLANTS WILL BE COMPARED IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHICH TRAITS ARE COMMON TO ALL RESURRECTION PLANTS AND WHICH TRAITS ARE SPECIFIC TO A GIVEN HABITAT. HIGH RESOLUTION X-RAY TECHNOLOGY WILL BE USED TO VISUALIZE THE MOVEMENT OF WATER THROUGH RESURRECTION AND NON-RESURRECTION PLANTS DURING REHYDRATION. KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRAITS THAT ENABLE RECOVERY IN RESURRECTION PLANTS WILL IMPROVE THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF PLANT DROUGHT TOLERANCE AND INFORM ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF RESURRECTION PLANTS. THIS KNOWLEDGE MIGHT ALSO BE USED TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING CROPS THAT ARE MORE DROUGHT TOLERANT. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE EVOLUTION OF WHOLE-PLANT DESICCATION TOLERANCE (DT) BY SYSTEMATICALLY DETERMINING TRAITS ENABLING WHOLE-PLANT RECOVERY IN SIX DT LINEAGES OF FERNS AND LYCOPHYTES. ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS RELATED TO WATER USE WILL BE ASSESSED IN HYDRATED PLANTS, COMPARING CLOSELY RELATED DT AND NON-DT SPECIES. DURING DEHYDRATION AND REHYDRATION, HIGH RESOLUTION MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICROCT) WILL BE USED TO ASSESS TIMING AND LEVEL OF RECOVERY IN DISTAL TISSUES. VASCULAR DT PLANTS WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT VARIED MECHANISMS OF RECOVERY ACCORDING TO THEIR HABITAT, WITH TERRESTRIAL (LAND-DWELLING) PLANTS RESURRECTING BY MEANS OF ROOT PRESSURE AND EPIPHYTIC (TREE-DWELLING) PLANTS RECOVERING VIA FOLIAR WATER UPTAKE. HOWEVER, OTHER TRAITS WILL LIKELY BE SHARED AMONG ALL DT FERNS AND LYCOPHYTES, SUCH AS TRAITS THAT MAINTAIN STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY IN THE DRY STATE AND TRAITS THAT FACILITATE TIMELY DESICCATION. INCLUDING BOTH SPOROPHYTES AND GAMETOPHYTES IN THIS COMPARISON WILL PROVIDE A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON FITNESS AND TRAIT COORDINATION BETWEEN LIFE HISTORY STAGES. FURTHERMORE, DT FERNS REPRESENT A NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT DT ADAPTATIONS TO THE EPIPHYTIC HABITAT AND ITS VARIED ECOLOGICAL NICHES. THIS STUDY WILL ELUCIDATE HOW DT HAS BEEN CO-OPTED FOR FERN SURVIVAL IN THE EPIPHYTIC HABITAT, BROADENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH FERNS AND EPIPHYTES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.
    assistance · Last action 2024-05-10
    $500,999
  • Department of Education
    CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG
    assistance · Last action 2025-04-10
    $488,724
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    INTEGRATING POPULATION GENOMICS AND MICROBIAL METAGENOMICS OF THE LONE STAR TICK, AN EXPANDING ARTHROPOD DISEASE VECTOR - INTEGRATING POPULATION GENOMICS AND MICROBIAL METAGENOMICS OF THE LONE STAR TICK, AN EXPANDING ARTHROPOD DISEASE VECTOR PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT TICKS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT VECTORS OF DISEASE-CAUSING PATHOGENS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LONE STAR TICK, AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM, IS A COMPETENT VECTOR OF VARIOUS PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS. THERE ARE SEVERAL CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC BIOLOGY OF THE LONE STAR TICK, AN ARTHROPOD DISEASE VECTOR THAT IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING ITS GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION INTO THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HOW THE DIVERSITY OF THE TICK’S GENOME AND THE MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF THE TICK’S MICROBIOME AFFECT THE ABILITY OF SPECIFIC PATHOGENS TO INFECT A TICK. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO GENERATE AN INTEGRATED GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR TICK-BORNE DISEASES THAT INCORPORATES THE GENOMIC DIVERSITY OF VECTOR, THE SPECIES DIVERSITY OF ITS MICROBIOME, AND THE PREVALENCE OF KNOWN PATHOGENS. THE OVERARCHING HYPOTHESIS IS THAT GENOMIC DIVERSITY OF TICK VECTORS IS POSITIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH MICROBIAL SPECIES DIVERSITY AND NEGATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH PATHOGEN PREVALENCE. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR WILL USE NEXT-GENERATION DNA SEQUENCING TO TEST THE OVERARCHING HYPOTHESIS AND ACHIEVE THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT THROUGH THREE SPECIFIC AIMS: (1) INVESTIGATE THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF GENOMIC VARIATION AMONG POPULATIONS OF LONE STAR TICK NEAR THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SPECIES RANGE BOUNDARIES. THE WORKING HYPOTHESIS IS THAT A CLINE OF GENOMIC DIVERSITY CORRESPONDS TO INCREASINGLY STRESSFUL CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AT THE EDGES OF THE SPECIES RANGE, SUGGESTING THAT RANGE EXPANSION COINCIDES WITH MICROEVOLUTIONARY CHANGE. (2) CHARACTERIZE THE MICROBIOME OF LONE STAR TICK AND ASSESS ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HOST GENOMIC DIVERSITY. THE WORKING HYPOTHESIS IS THAT GREATER GENOMIC DIVERSITY OF TICKS PERMITS A GREATER MICROBIAL SPECIES DIVERSITY IN TICKS, SUGGESTING THAT HOST GENOTYPE AFFECTS MICROBIOME COMPOSITION. (3) EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF GENOMIC DIVERSITY AND MICROBIAL DIVERSITY ON PATHOGEN INFECTION IN INDIVIDUAL TICKS. THE WORKING HYPOTHESIS IS THAT HIGH GENOMIC AND MICROBIAL DIVERSITY OF INDIVIDUAL TICKS REDUCES INFECTION BY PATHOGENIC BACTERIA, SUGGESTING THAT COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS OF MICROBES INSIDE OF TICKS GOVERN THE PREVALENCE OF SPECIFIC TICK-BORNE PATHOGENS AT BROADER SCALES. THIS STUDY IS INNOVATIVE BECAUSE IT WILL (A) UNIQUELY BRIDGE METHODOLOGIES IN POPULATION GENOMICS, BACTERIAL METAGENOMICS, AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF VECTOR-BORNE PATHOGENS; (B) GENERATE GENOMIC DATA THAT WILL BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS OF A. AMERICANUM AND OTHER TICKS; AND (C) ILLUMINATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTING FOR GENOMIC AND MICROBIOME DIVERSITY IN LABORATORY-REARED TICKS USED IN STUDIES OF PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION, HOST IMMUNOLOGY, AND ACARICIDES. THIS STUDY IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT WILL SHED LIGHT ON THE MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS WITHIN INDIVIDUAL TICKS THAT MAY INFLUENCE PATHOGEN DYNAMICS. DISCOVERING BACTERIAL LINEAGES OR ASSEMBLAGES THAT COMPETITIVELY INHIBIT INFECTION BY PATHOGENS WITHIN TICKS WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN CONTROLLING DISEASES VECTORED BY TICKS AND OTHER ARTHROPODS. FURTHERMORE, THIS PROPOSED STUDY WILL ENHANCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH AT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY AND WILL PROVIDE CRUCIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS INTERESTED IN CAREERS IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND VECTOR BIOLOGY.
    assistance · Last action 2025-07-15
    $428,341
  • Federal Communications Commission
    IPA FY08-09 - JAMES PRIEGER
    contract · Last action 2009-05-29
    $132,382
  • Department of the Treasury
    THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DE-OBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.
    assistance · Last action 2026-04-08
    $100,000
  • Department of the Treasury
    THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DEOBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.
    assistance · Last action 2025-05-07
    $100,000
  • Department of Commerce
    PROVIDE GRUNION GREETER SERVICES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MALIBU AREA
    contract · Last action 2008-08-27
    $95,000
  • Department of Commerce
    PROVIDE GRUNION GREETER PROGRAM SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2017-11-30
    $54,675
  • Department of Education
    2025-2026 TEACH BASE RECORD
    assistance · Last action 2026-05-11
    $30,176
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
    BIBLE IN THE AMERICAN FOUNDING [WE PROPOSE A FIVE-PART SPEAKER SERIES THROUGHOUT THE 2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR, HIGHLIGHTING THE CENTRAL IMPORTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND THE BIBLE TO THE AMERICAN FOUNDING. LED BY OUR GAYLORD PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY, DR. ABBYLIN SELLERS, THIS MULTI-PART PROJECT IS PERFECTLY TIMED TO HELP CELEBRATE AMERICA?S 250TH BIRTHDAY. EACH OF THE LECTURES WILL BE PUBLIC, ENGAGING STUDENTS, FACULTY, ALUMNI, AND THE BROADER PUBLIC TO LEARN ANEW ABOUT THIS EXCEPTIONAL ASPECT OF THE AMERICAN PROJECT: THE ABILITY TO COMBINE FAITH AND FREEDOM.]
    assistance · Last action 2025-07-18
    $30,000
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-01-11
    $20,250
  • Department of the Interior
    SCIENCE RESEARCH SUPPORT REPTILE DATA
    contract · Last action 2022-06-16
    $19,984
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-11-27
    $15,070
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-11-27
    $14,620
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    TUITION
    contract · Last action 2009-01-20
    $13,387
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2024-02-29
    $11,428
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2021-04-26
    $8,365
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2022-09-29
    $8,325
  • Department of Education
    PELL GRANTS
    assistance · Last action 2026-02-19
    $4,940
  • Department of Education
    PELL GRANTS
    assistance · Last action 2025-08-20
    $4,415
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2024-02-29
    $3,673
  • Department of Education
    MEDIATING THE LITIGATED CASED
    contract · Last action 2010-09-01
    $1,795
  • Department of Education
    MEDIATING THE LITIGATED CASE
    contract · Last action 2010-09-01
    $1,795
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2022-07-12
    $1,720
  • Department of Defense
    STUDENT TUITION-PEPPERDINE UNIV ESA
    contract · Last action 2020-12-16
    $0
  • Department of Defense
    ARBITRATION SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2009-08-17
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 611310 - COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS. Last action: 2024-02-29. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-11-21Unprogrammed Related2$1,870
2002-02-11Accident31$13,870
1999-05-28Complaint5$825
1991-02-25Complaint14$660

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

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This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

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Frequently asked

What is PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 24 violations and $17,225 in total penalties.
How does PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5.