Area Development, Inc. safety record at a glance
Area Development, Inc. has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 19, 2011 and Jul 6, 2023. 4 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 32 in all: 8 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $56,650 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $37,710. The largest single penalty, $23,850, came from an inspection opened Sep 26, 2019 in San Francisco. That places the employer at #2,448 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2023 | San Francisco | Complaint | 3 citations 1 repeat | $4,350 | $2,900 | Feb 12, 2024 |
| Sep 26, 2019 | San Francisco | Accident | 4 citations 4 serious | $27,000 | $23,850 | Jul 21, 2020 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | San Francisco | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,625 | $3,625 | Aug 31, 2023 |
| May 3, 2018 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | May 30, 2018 |
| Dec 7, 2017 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,625 | $2,700 | Oct 10, 2018 |
| Sep 28, 2017 | San Francisco | Planned | 3 citations | $600 | $600 | Apr 10, 2018 |
| Sep 9, 2016 | San Francisco | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 19, 2016 |
| Jul 9, 2015 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,250 | $900 | Nov 16, 2015 |
| Apr 2, 2012 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 8 citations | $5,175 | $1,275 | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Jan 19, 2011 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 8 citations 1 serious | $8,025 | $1,860 | Nov 17, 2011 |
Also recorded as: Area Development, Inc; Area Development.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 4 citations, $650
- 8 CCR 1630: 3 citations, $2,750
- 8 CCR 341: 3 citations, $1,125
- 8 CCR 1629: 3 citations, $635
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 2 citations, 2 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 1605.14: 2 citations, 2 serious, $11,925
- 8 CCR 2946: 2 citations, 1 serious, $900
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 2 citations, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Francisco employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Area Development, Inc.
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
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.