Big 5 Sporting Goods safety record at a glance
Big 5 Sporting Goods has been the subject of 20 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 30, 2000 and Sep 30, 2025. 15 of them were complaint inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 38 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $48,699 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $28,514. The largest single penalty, $9,650, came from an inspection opened Aug 26, 2015 in Napa. That places the employer at #3,842 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Monterey, Petaluma, Oakdale, Lompoc, San Jose, Napa, Riverside, Costa Mesa.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | Monterey | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 11, 2026 |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Petaluma | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Oakdale | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $5,805 | $5,805 | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Lompoc | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 16, 2022 |
| Mar 18, 2016 | San Jose | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,400 | $2,400 | Sep 1, 2016 |
| Aug 26, 2015 | Napa | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $15,050 | $9,650 | Aug 1, 2016 |
| May 15, 2014 | Riverside | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Jan 13, 2016 |
| Jan 11, 2010 | Costa Mesa | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Feb 17, 2011 |
| Jan 11, 2010 | Costa Mesa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 13, 2010 |
| Jan 28, 2009 | San Jose | Complaint | 2 citations | $374 | $374 | Apr 6, 2009 |
| Mar 4, 2008 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Dec 29, 2008 |
| Oct 5, 2006 | Morgan Hill | Complaint | 2 citations | $150 | $150 | Jul 6, 2007 |
| Nov 14, 2005 | Morgan Hill | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,875 | $750 | Jul 6, 2007 |
| Sep 8, 2005 | Alameda | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,260 | $785 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Jul 29, 2003 | Santa Rosa | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 24, 2005 |
| May 3, 2002 | Cerritos | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,585 | $935 | Jan 23, 2004 |
| Apr 4, 2002 | Pasadena | Complaint | 4 citations | $2,240 | $600 | Sep 14, 2006 |
| Apr 2, 2002 | Fontana | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | 0 | May 20, 2002 |
| Jun 14, 2001 | El Monte | Complaint | 4 citations | $7,310 | $600 | May 14, 2005 |
| Oct 30, 2000 | Roseville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 4, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp; Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation; Big 5 Sporting Goods LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3272: 7 citations, $1,922
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 5 citations, $1,355
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 5 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $6,350
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,800
- 8 CCR 3363, Water supply: 2 citations, $655
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 2 citations, $450
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 Big 5 Sporting Goods
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.