First Transit safety record at a glance
First Transit has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 2, 2000 and Dec 30, 2025. 19 of them were complaint inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 27 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $16,635 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,640. The largest single penalty, $3,800, came from an inspection opened Jul 8, 2011 in Pomona. That places the employer at #15,565 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 14 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Pasadena, Merced, Los Angeles, Sacramento, El Centro, Antioch, Pomona, Santa Maria.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Pasadena | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Jan 24, 2022 | Merced | Complaint | 1 citation | $465 | 0 | Mar 9, 2022 |
| Dec 20, 2018 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $465 | $465 | Mar 18, 2019 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Apr 29, 2019 |
| Nov 17, 2017 | El Centro | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,625 | $1,625 | Mar 14, 2019 |
| Oct 1, 2013 | Antioch | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2013 |
| Aug 14, 2012 | Pomona | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $280 | Jun 29, 2013 |
| Sep 9, 2011 | Antioch | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 3, 2011 |
| Jul 8, 2011 | Pomona | Complaint | 2 citations | $5,375 | $3,800 | Dec 20, 2012 |
| Jun 23, 2011 | Santa Maria | Complaint | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | open |
| Jun 23, 2011 | Antioch | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Sep 16, 2011 |
| Nov 2, 2010 | Gardena | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 29, 2010 |
| Jul 14, 2009 | Antioch | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 7, 2009 |
| Jan 25, 2007 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | $795 | $795 | Jun 18, 2008 |
| Jun 8, 2006 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,800 | $320 | May 14, 2008 |
| Jul 20, 2004 | Woodland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 1, 2005 |
| Dec 30, 2002 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 9 citations | $4,430 | $1,050 | Jul 13, 2006 |
| Nov 9, 2001 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 22, 2002 |
| Aug 2, 2000 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 | $370 | Aug 21, 2008 |
Also recorded as: First Transit Inc; First Transit, Inc.; First Transit dba Santa Maria Area Transit; First Transit Inc.; First Transit, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 5 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 3 citations, $755
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $710
- 8 CCR 461: 2 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $335
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 2 citations, $325
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,800
- 8 CCR 3214, Stair rails and handrails: 1 citation, $1,300
Local pages: Pasadena employment lawyer, Los Angeles 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 First Transit
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.