East Bay Municipal Utility District safety record at a glance
East Bay Municipal Utility District has been the subject of 37 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 29, 2002 and Oct 23, 2025. 18 of them were complaint inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $69,700 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $54,045. The largest single penalty, $22,460, came from an inspection opened Jul 7, 2004 in Oakland. That places the employer at #1,296 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Utilities; Construction; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Oakland, Lafayette, Albany, Orinda, San Pablo, Berkeley, Castro Valley, Richmond.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2025 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,435 | open |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Lafayette | Complaint | 2 citations | $850 $1,700 proposed | Feb 10, 2026 |
| May 8, 2024 | Albany | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 2, 2024 |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Orinda | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jul 18, 2024 |
| Feb 3, 2022 | San Pablo | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 28, 2022 |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Oakland | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,345 $1,910 proposed | Oct 24, 2022 |
| Jan 21, 2022 | Oakland | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Jan 21, 2022 | San Pablo | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Jan 21, 2022 | San Pablo | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Nov 13, 2020 | Berkeley | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 4, 2021 |
| Feb 24, 2020 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | May 18, 2020 |
| Mar 28, 2019 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Mar 10, 2015 | Castro Valley | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Apr 2, 2015 |
| Mar 2, 2015 | Lafayette | Accident | 1 citation | $340 | Apr 23, 2015 |
| Mar 17, 2014 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 $280 proposed | Sep 17, 2014 |
| Mar 7, 2014 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $750 | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Mar 7, 2014 | Castro Valley | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Mar 4, 2014 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 $470 proposed | Mar 26, 2014 |
| Feb 18, 2014 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 20, 2014 |
| Nov 22, 2013 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $280 | Jun 18, 2014 |
| Nov 9, 2011 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | Dec 30, 2011 |
| Jul 5, 2011 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 8, 2011 |
| Nov 19, 2010 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $7,200 | Feb 15, 2013 |
| May 26, 2010 | Richmond | Programmed other | no citations | $0 | Jul 9, 2010 |
| Feb 26, 2009 | San Ramon | Accident | 2 citations | $9,500 $18,450 proposed | Apr 8, 2010 |
| Dec 22, 2005 | Emeryville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 23, 2005 |
| May 3, 2005 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 12, 2005 |
| Nov 9, 2004 | Walnut Creek | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Oct 4, 2007 |
| Sep 2, 2004 | Orinda | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 2, 2004 |
| Jul 7, 2004 | Oakland | Accident | 4 citations 3 serious | $22,460 $25,500 proposed | Jul 18, 2008 |
| Nov 5, 2003 | Alameda | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 19, 2004 |
| May 22, 2003 | Valley Springs | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 10, 2003 |
| May 13, 2002 | El Sobrante | Planned | 3 citations | $600 $2,100 proposed | Jun 13, 2005 |
| May 9, 2002 | Danville | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,350 | Jun 30, 2005 |
| Mar 29, 2002 | Valley Springs | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 2, 2002 |
Also recorded as: East Bay Municipal Utility District dba Ebmud; East Bay Municipal Utility District (Ebmud); East Bay Municipal Utility District - Lafayette.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 5 citations, $1,950
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 3 citations, $1,090
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,710
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $2,780
- 8 CCR 1510, Safety Instructions for Employees: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,200
- 8 CCR 3300, Live Steam and Air Hoses: 1 citation, $7,000
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. 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 East Bay Municipal Utility District
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.