Avalonbay Communities, Inc. safety record at a glance
Avalonbay Communities, Inc. has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 23, 2009 and Mar 24, 2026. 4 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $112,230 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $17,995. The largest single penalty, $11,250, came from an inspection opened Mar 27, 2024 in Dublin. That places the employer at #8,214 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. Worksites in Lake Forest, Dublin, Walnut Creek, Thousand Oaks, Emeryville, Chino Hills, San Francisco, Irvine.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2026 | Lake Forest | Accident | 1 citation | $325 | $325 | open |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Dublin | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $11,250 | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Dublin | Referral | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Dec 29, 2022 |
| Mar 24, 2022 | Dublin | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 30, 2022 |
| Feb 26, 2020 | Walnut Creek | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2020 |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Thousand Oaks | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Oct 8, 2021 |
| Aug 10, 2017 | Emeryville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 1, 2017 |
| Dec 19, 2016 | Chino Hills | Planned | 1 citation | $420 | $420 | Mar 24, 2017 |
| Nov 29, 2016 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 6, 2017 |
| Jul 3, 2015 | Irvine | Programmed related | 2 citations | $83,500 | $3,000 | Jan 27, 2020 |
| Jun 21, 2013 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 11, 2014 |
| Jun 21, 2011 | San Francisco | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2011 |
| Oct 26, 2009 | Walnut Creek | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2009 |
| Mar 23, 2009 | Union City | Complaint | 1 citation | $485 | 0 | Apr 30, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Avalonbay Communities Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $11,250
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 1630: 1 citation, $1,500
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 1710, Structural steel erection: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
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 Avalonbay Communities, 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.