David Brooks safety record at a glance
David Brooks has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 25, 2000 and Nov 15, 2023. 2 of them were planned inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $34,035 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $22,952. The largest single penalty, $17,495, came from an inspection opened May 25, 2000 in Costa Mesa. That places the employer at #5,427 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Manufacturing. Worksites in Chico, Sonora, Sacramento, Costa Mesa.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2023 | Chico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 14, 2024 |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Sonora | Referral | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 18, 2022 |
| Apr 28, 2015 | Sacramento | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Mar 25, 2016 |
| Jul 15, 2003 | Costa Mesa | Complaint | 12 citations 1 serious | $15,745 | $5,232 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| May 25, 2000 | Costa Mesa | Accident | 7 citations 1 serious | $18,065 | $17,495 | Oct 2, 2006 |
Also recorded as: David Brooks Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $16,525
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, $292
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Chico employment lawyer, Sacramento 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 David Brooks
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.