Berkeley Unified School District safety record at a glance
Berkeley Unified School District has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 5, 2002 and Dec 14, 2023. 14 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 38 in all: 4 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $36,400 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,245. The largest single penalty, $10,075, came from an inspection opened Apr 13, 2010 in Berkeley. That places the employer at #3,481 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Educational Services; Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Berkeley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2023 | Berkeley | Complaint | 1 citation | $700 | 0 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Berkeley | Complaint | 5 citations | $2,800 | $2,800 | Jan 19, 2017 |
| Jan 8, 2013 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 8, 2013 |
| Dec 14, 2012 | Berkeley | Complaint | 2 citations | $745 | $225 | Nov 18, 2013 |
| Jul 20, 2012 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 13, 2012 |
| Aug 24, 2011 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 31, 2011 |
| Apr 13, 2010 | Berkeley | Complaint | 8 citations 2 serious | $10,075 | $10,075 | Apr 11, 2012 |
| Dec 28, 2009 | Berkeley | Complaint | 2 citations | $530 | $530 | May 4, 2010 |
| Jan 22, 2009 | Berkeley | Accident | 9 citations | $5,800 | $5,800 | Jun 26, 2012 |
| Oct 11, 2007 | Berkeley | Accident | 2 citations | $5,460 | $525 | Dec 30, 2011 |
| Oct 10, 2007 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 31, 2007 |
| Aug 16, 2007 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 6, 2007 |
| Apr 11, 2007 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2007 |
| Jan 25, 2006 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 26, 2006 |
| Aug 19, 2004 | Berkeley | Complaint | 6 citations 2 serious | $7,965 | $7,965 | open |
| Mar 5, 2002 | Berkeley | Complaint | 3 citations 1 repeat | $2,325 | $2,325 | Oct 6, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Berkeley Unified School District - Thousand Oaks; Berkeley Unified School District - Annex; Berkeley Unified School District - Transport Dept; Berkeley Unified School District - Berkeley High School.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5208, Asbestos: 6 citations, 2 serious, $8,500
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $3,155
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 3 citations, $1,460
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 3 citations, $840
- 8 CCR 3272: 2 citations, $2,560
- 8 CCR 14001: 2 citations, $1,200
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $650
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $430
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Berkeley 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 Unified School 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.