City of Oakland Fire Department safety record at a glance
City of Oakland Fire Department has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 23, 2002 and Feb 19, 2016. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $24,485 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $2,360. The largest single penalty, $650, came from an inspection opened Feb 10, 2015 in Oakland. That places the employer at #37,484 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Oakland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2016 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | 0 | May 23, 2016 |
| Apr 15, 2015 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 15, 2015 |
| Feb 10, 2015 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $1,000 | $650 | May 26, 2017 |
| Aug 28, 2014 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 16, 2014 |
| Apr 8, 2011 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2011 |
| Jun 2, 2010 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $700 | 0 | Jan 25, 2011 |
| Jan 13, 2010 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | 5 citations | $2,710 | $560 | Oct 11, 2012 |
| May 13, 2008 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $19,200 | $650 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Sep 7, 2007 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 25, 2007 |
| Nov 13, 2006 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2006 |
| Jan 23, 2002 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $500 | $500 | Nov 28, 2005 |
Also recorded as: City of Oakland, Fire Department.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 6 citations, $1,210
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $650
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $500
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland 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 City of Oakland Fire Department
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.