Big Joe California North, Inc. safety record at a glance
Big Joe California North, Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 16, 2008 and Dec 3, 2025. 5 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 29 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $61,390 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $48,965. The largest single penalty, $20,505, came from an inspection opened Apr 13, 2018 in Hayward. That places the employer at #1,547 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration); Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. Worksites in Hayward, Dublin, San Francisco.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2025 | Hayward | Accident | 2 citations | $5,650 | $3,000 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Oct 3, 2023 | Hayward | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 8, 2024 |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Hayward | Complaint | 7 citations | $5,250 | $3,150 | Feb 27, 2023 |
| Aug 13, 2018 | Dublin | Accident | 2 citations | $1,210 | $1,210 | Feb 12, 2019 |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Hayward | Complaint | 14 citations 2 serious | $24,105 | $20,505 | Nov 19, 2018 |
| Aug 25, 2017 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 9, 2017 |
| Oct 29, 2008 | Hayward | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $4,950 | $2,700 | Apr 7, 2010 |
| Oct 16, 2008 | Hayward | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $20,225 | $18,400 | May 4, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Big Joe California North, Inc. dba Big Joe Handling; Big Joe California North, Inc dba Big Joe Handling; Big Joe California North, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $15,375
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $2,080
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $6,500
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $1,575
- 8 CCR 5449: 2 citations, $1,210
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,100
- 8 CCR 3583: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,500
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Hayward employment lawyer, San Francisco 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Big Joe California North, Inc.
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.