Buffalo Wild Wings safety record at a glance
Buffalo Wild Wings has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 28, 2012 and Jul 16, 2021. 10 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $6,800 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $3,950. The largest single penalty, $3,150, came from an inspection opened Jul 16, 2021 in Brentwood. That places the employer at #28,909 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Accommodation and Food Services. Worksites in Brentwood, Irvine, San Diego, Turlock, Orange, San Jose.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2021 | Brentwood | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $6,000 | $3,150 | Dec 4, 2023 |
| Jul 20, 2020 | Irvine | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 17, 2020 | Irvine | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 17, 2020 | Irvine | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 6, 2020 |
| Jul 16, 2020 | Irvine | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 16, 2020 | Irvine | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jan 14, 2020 | San Diego | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 13, 2020 |
| Jul 25, 2017 | Turlock | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 8, 2017 |
| May 30, 2014 | Orange | Complaint | 3 citations | $800 | $800 | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Aug 28, 2012 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2013 |
Also recorded as: Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $400
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $400
Local pages: Irvine employment lawyer, San Diego 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 Buffalo Wild Wings
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.