City of Oakland Public Works safety record at a glance
City of Oakland Public Works has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 19, 2003 and Apr 21, 2016. 3 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $43,835 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $10,285. The largest single penalty, $7,125, came from an inspection opened Apr 21, 2016 in Oakland. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #14,972 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Public Administration. Worksites in Oakland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2016 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $10,500 | $7,125 | Apr 19, 2018 |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jun 23, 2017 |
| Jul 14, 2006 | Oakland | Accident | death 2 citations | $25,650 | $1,700 | Aug 18, 2008 |
| Feb 19, 2003 | Oakland | Accident | 3 citations | $7,125 | $900 | Jun 21, 2006 |
Also recorded as: City of Oakland, Public Works.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4237: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 4355: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3648: 1 citation, $850
- 8 CCR 3640: 1 citation, $850
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $300
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 Public Works
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.