BART safety record at a glance
BART has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 8, 2000 and Jan 7, 2013. 13 of them were complaint inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $41,715 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,530. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened May 8, 2003 in San Francisco. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,438 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Colma, Hayward, Pleasanton, Millbrae, Oakland, San Francisco, San Leandro, Daly City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2013 | Colma | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 23, 2013 |
| Dec 2, 2010 | Hayward | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,870 | $1,870 | Sep 6, 2011 |
| Jun 3, 2010 | Pleasanton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2010 |
| May 18, 2010 | Pleasanton | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Apr 8, 2010 | Millbrae | Complaint | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Jul 9, 2010 |
| Jun 26, 2007 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Feb 10, 2009 |
| Mar 12, 2007 | Oakland | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 24, 2007 |
| Dec 19, 2006 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $2,700 | $600 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Oct 19, 2006 | San Leandro | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | 0 | Nov 20, 2006 |
| Dec 20, 2005 | Daly City | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | May 15, 2006 |
| Aug 8, 2003 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 11, 2003 |
| May 8, 2003 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Oct 18, 2002 | Hayward | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $3,600 | $3,600 | Jun 21, 2006 |
| Apr 3, 2001 | Oakland | Complaint | 12 citations 1 serious | $13,150 | $5,075 | Oct 24, 2001 |
| Jan 12, 2001 | San Francisco | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | May 12, 2003 |
| Nov 27, 2000 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 5, 2000 |
| May 8, 2000 | Hayward | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 | 0 | Mar 21, 2001 |
Also recorded as: BART - San Leandro Station; BART - SF Bay Area Rapid Transit District; BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit (Hayward).
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 4 citations, 1 serious, $3,065
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,150
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $1,085
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $515
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 3 citations, $365
- 8 CCR 2940: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,600
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 5198, Lead: 1 citation, $750
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Hayward 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 BART
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.