Emergency Rooter safety record at a glance
Emergency Rooter has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 7, 2001 and Sep 15, 2004. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $35,330 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $28,800. The largest single penalty, $13,270, came from an inspection opened Oct 22, 2001 in Oakland. That places the employer at #3,776 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Construction. Worksites in Oakland, San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2004 | Oakland | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 15, 2004 |
| Mar 26, 2004 | Oakland | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 26, 2004 |
| Feb 24, 2003 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 4 citations | $1,375 | $1,375 | Feb 24, 2003 |
| Feb 20, 2002 | Oakland | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 20, 2002 |
| Jan 31, 2002 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 11, 2002 |
| Jan 4, 2002 | Oakland | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 7, 2002 |
| Dec 3, 2001 | Oakland | Complaint | 3 citations 2 serious | $10,325 | $3,795 | Dec 5, 2001 |
| Oct 22, 2001 | Oakland | Complaint | 6 citations 3 serious | $13,270 | $13,270 | Feb 14, 2002 |
| Sep 7, 2001 | Oakland | Complaint | 7 citations 3 serious | $10,360 | $10,360 | Jan 11, 2002 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 6 citations, $1,370
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 4 citations, 3 serious, $10,620
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 3 citations, 3 serious, $7,285
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,200
- 8 CCR 341.1: 2 citations, $1,185
- 8 CCR 341: 2 citations, $1,090
- 8 CCR 3381: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
Local pages: Oakland employment lawyer, San Francisco 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 Emergency Rooter
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.