Bay Area Rapid Transit District safety record at a glance
Bay Area Rapid Transit District has been the subject of 23 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 17, 2002 and Sep 29, 2026. 10 of them were complaint inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 36 in all: 6 serious, 1 willful. Inspectors proposed $303,285 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $133,180. The largest single penalty, $95,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 19, 2013 in Walnut Creek. 4 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #252 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; Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in Richmond, Oakland, Hayward, Walnut Creek, San Francisco, Millbrae, Berkeley, Concord.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026 | Richmond | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 16, 2023 | Richmond | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,550 | $2,550 | open |
| May 16, 2023 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 13, 2023 |
| May 25, 2021 | Hayward | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 17, 2021 |
| Oct 19, 2013 | Walnut Creek | Accident | 2 deaths 3 citations 1 serious 1 willful | $210,000 | $95,000 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| May 31, 2012 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 18, 2012 |
| Aug 2, 2011 | Millbrae | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Jul 28, 2012 |
| May 2, 2011 | Berkeley | Complaint | 1 citation | $5,735 | $1,000 | Dec 28, 2012 |
| Apr 19, 2010 | Concord | Complaint | 1 citation | $5,400 | $600 | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Dec 22, 2009 | Richmond | Accident | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Jun 14, 2010 |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Dublin | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 17, 2009 |
| Oct 14, 2008 | Walnut Creek | Accident | death 3 citations 3 serious | $22,950 | $21,825 | May 13, 2016 |
| Apr 18, 2008 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 4, 2008 |
| Jan 30, 2008 | Daly City | Complaint | 5 citations 2 serious | $25,300 | $6,750 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Jan 16, 2008 | Oakland | Referral | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Apr 15, 2009 |
| Aug 15, 2006 | Concord | Complaint | 3 citations | $6,450 | $1,350 | May 4, 2009 |
| Nov 8, 2005 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 25, 2006 |
| May 5, 2005 | San Francisco | Complaint | 3 citations | $935 | $935 | Dec 31, 2006 |
| Jun 9, 2004 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 15, 2004 |
| Sep 25, 2003 | San Francisco | Complaint | 7 citations | $21,505 | $1,010 | Nov 17, 2006 |
| May 9, 2003 | Millbrae | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | 0 | Nov 4, 2004 |
| Feb 10, 2003 | Millbrae | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 12, 2003 |
| Dec 17, 2002 | Millbrae | Programmed related | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jan 14, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Bay Area Rapid Transit District dba BART; Bay Area Rapid Transit District - Richmond Yard.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2944: 10 citations, $9,065
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $74,105
- 8 CCR 3332: 2 citations, 2 serious, $36,000
- 8 CCR 2940.1: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,600
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, $1,700
- 8 CCR 2940: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 356: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 2940.6: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Richmond employment lawyer, Oakland employment lawyer, 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 Bay Area Rapid Transit District
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.