Berkeley Farms safety record at a glance
Berkeley Farms has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 21, 2000 and Sep 21, 2016. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 35 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $90,900 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $29,685. The largest single penalty, $7,905, came from an inspection opened Sep 25, 2002 in San Leandro. That places the employer at #3,598 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Manufacturing. Worksites in Hayward, Vallejo, San Leandro, Redwood City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2016 | Hayward | Accident | 2 citations | $19,200 | $2,400 | Apr 6, 2017 |
| Jun 1, 2016 | Hayward | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2016 |
| Feb 25, 2016 | Hayward | Complaint | 6 citations | $3,455 | $1,790 | Jul 29, 2016 |
| Aug 9, 2013 | Hayward | Accident | 2 citations | $25,935 | $2,000 | Feb 13, 2014 |
| Mar 22, 2012 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 27, 2012 |
| Feb 29, 2008 | Hayward | Planned | 3 citations | $5,810 | $1,500 | Jun 1, 2008 |
| Oct 24, 2005 | Hayward | Complaint | 10 citations 2 serious | $12,360 | $6,840 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Oct 21, 2005 | Vallejo | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 30, 2006 |
| Jan 13, 2004 | Hayward | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 13, 2004 |
| Dec 9, 2002 | San Leandro | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2002 |
| Nov 13, 2002 | Redwood City | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Jul 18, 2004 |
| Sep 25, 2002 | San Leandro | Complaint | 5 citations 3 serious | $12,090 | $7,905 | Aug 2, 2006 |
| Apr 5, 2002 | San Leandro | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $5,700 | $5,700 | Nov 15, 2002 |
| Nov 21, 2000 | Hayward | Complaint | 3 citations | $5,750 | $950 | Mar 22, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Berkeley Farms, Inc.; Berkeley Farms, LLC; Berkeley Farms LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, $3,030
- 8 CCR 4650: 2 citations, 2 serious, $4,455
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $1,800
- 8 CCR 5189: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4845: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Hayward employment lawyer, Vallejo employment lawyer, San Leandro 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 Berkeley Farms
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.