On this page
If you live or were injured in central or southern Orange County, your case will generally be heard at the Santa Ana district office at 2 MacArthur Place — or, for the northern part of the county, at Anaheim.
Your case will be heard at 2 MacArthur Place
Santa Ana WCABWCAB Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. The court system that decides these cases. 23 district offices statewide. District Office
2 MacArthur Place, Suite 600, Santa Ana, CA 92707
(714) 558-4121ANA@dir.ca.gov
Two things to plan for.
Parking runs up to $18 a day — the most expensive of the Southern California WCAB offices. Additional lots at 3 MacArthur Place and the nearby DoubleTree.
And transit does not really work here. The Metrolink station is about four miles away and not walkable. OCTA buses serve the area. If you do not drive, arrange the trip in advance rather than on the morning of a hearing.
Food: there is a café across the courtyard at 1 MacArthur Place with outdoor seating, and restaurants at Hutton Center. No food or drink in the waiting room or hearing rooms.
Or Anaheim, if you are in north county
1065 N. Link, Suite 170, Anaheim, CA 92806 · (714) 414-1800 · Ahm@dir.ca.gov
Parking is free and ample, and it is one of the best transit-served offices in the system — the Metrolink Inland Empire–Orange County Line, Anaheim Canyon station, is directly behind the building.
One caution: the state’s own page gives both “N. Link” and “North Pacificenter Drive” for this address — the same street, renamed — and the office is Suite 170. Call ahead if you are unfamiliar with the campus.
Remote or in person: conferences and MSCs are remote; trials, expedited hearings, and walk-throughs are in person. Full detail on every office.
What the work here does
Healthcare. Orange County’s hospital and skilled nursing footprint is large, and the two regulations that exist to protect those workers — 8 CCR § 5120 on patient handling and 8 CCR § 3342 on workplace violence — are the first thing to check in any nurse or CNA injury. Healthcare worker claims.
Hospitality and tourism. Hotels, resorts, restaurants, and theme park operations. Housekeeping is the most physically damaging job in this sector, and the injuries are cumulative rather than dramatic. Hotel housekeeper claims. · Restaurant and food service.
Manufacturing, electronics, and medical devices. Repetitive assembly work, solvent exposure, and machine injuries. Chemical exposure. · Amputation.
Construction. Falls, silica, and heat — and the question of who else on that jobsite is reachable. Construction worker claims.
Warehouse, logistics, and delivery. Warehouse worker claims. · Truck and delivery driver claims.
Landscaping, agriculture, and outdoor work, which runs against the § 3395 heat standard — shade above 80°F, high-heat procedures at 95°F. Heat illness. · Agricultural worker claims.
And engineered stone fabrication, which has produced a severe cluster of accelerated silicosis in young Southern California workers. Silicosis claims.
What shows up in the ratings:
The deadlines
| Deadline | What it governs |
|---|---|
| 30 days | Report the injury — broad § 5402(a) exception |
| 1 working day | DWC-1 from your employer |
| 1 working day | Up to $10,000 in treatment while the claim is investigated |
| 90 days | Not rejected = presumed compensable |
| 1 year | File the Application |
| 12 months | Serious and willful petition |
| 5 years from date of injury | Reopen for new and further disability |
What to do this week
- Report it in writing, dated.
- File the DWC-1DWC-1 The claim form. Filing it starts the 90-day presumption and the $10,000 treatment obligation. and keep proof of the date.
- Ask for the § 5402(c) treatment if you are being delayed.
- Check the Cal/OSHA citation history for your employer — it is public, and a prior citation for the same condition supports a § 4553 petition worth one-half of everything. That petition has a 12-month deadline.
- Identify everyone else involved. Third-party claims.
Language
English, Spanish, and Korean, and a right to an interpreter at no cost and 5811(b)(2), depending on the setting. Your interpreter rights.
Consultas gratis en español. · 한국어 무료 상담.
Frequently asked questions
Santa Ana or Anaheim?
In practice the DWCDWC Division of Workers’ Compensation, part of the Department of Industrial Relations. Administers the system. Information Services Center: 1-800-736-7401.’s ZIP code list assigns the district office for where you live or where the injury occurred — the law also allows the county of your attorney’s principal place of business, with your written consent, and the employer may then object within 30 days. Both serve Orange County.
How much is parking?
Up to $18 a day at Santa Ana — the most expensive of the Southern California offices. Anaheim is free.
Can I take the train?
To Anaheim, yes — the Metrolink station is directly behind the building. To Santa Ana, not really — the nearest Metrolink is about four miles away and not walkable.
Do I have to be there in person?
Conferences and settlement conferences are remote. Trials, expedited hearings, and walk-throughs are in person.
Does my immigration status matter?
No.
Sources
WCAB district office addresses, phone numbers, parking, transit and access details verified against the DWC district office directory and compiled at our Southern California WCAB office guide§ 5402(b)§§ 4600(f), 4600(g), 5710(b)(5)§ 5501.5(b)§ 5501.5(c)§ 5501.5(a)Labor Code § 5501.5.
California injury statistics: Department of Industrial Relations, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (2024 data), as reported in the CHSWC 2025 annual report summary.
Labor Code § 3357§ 4553§ 4600(g)§ 5400§ 5401§ 5402§ 5405§ 5410§ 54128 CCR § 3342§ 3395§ 3396§ 5120Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq.
General information about California law, not legal advice about your case.
Reviewed by Jamey Teitell, Partner & Trial Attorney · Last reviewed
Law Offices of Solov & Teitell, APC · (213) 380-9310
Printed from https://www.solovteitell.com/locations/santa-ana/ · Last reviewed