Contra Costa County Public Works Department safety record at a glance
Contra Costa County Public Works Department has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 20, 2010 and Jun 17, 2022. 4 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 6 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $63,250 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $46,950. The largest single penalty, $27,000, came from an inspection opened Jun 17, 2022 in Orinda. That places the employer at #1,684 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration. Worksites in Orinda, Martinez, Alamo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2022 | Orinda | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $27,000 $36,000 proposed | Nov 20, 2023 |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Martinez | Accident | 1 citation | $850 $7,650 proposed | Jun 19, 2023 |
| Mar 18, 2019 | Martinez | Accident | 2 citations | $18,750 | Jan 3, 2022 |
| Apr 20, 2010 | Alamo | Accident | 1 citation | $350 $850 proposed | Apr 28, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Contra Costa County, Public Works Department.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3646, Operating Instructions (Elevating Work Platforms): 1 citation, $18,000
- 8 CCR 1593, Haulage Vehicle Operation: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 1 citation, $850
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 1 citation, $350
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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Contra Costa County Public Works 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 4, 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.