Forward Air, Inc. safety record at a glance
Forward Air, Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 30, 2002 and Mar 19, 2018. 6 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $117,540 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $56,425. The largest single penalty, $19,500, came from an inspection opened Mar 19, 2018 in Union City. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,212 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: Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Union City, Carson, Sacramento, Hawthorne, South San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2018 | Union City | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $30,560 | $19,500 | Jun 29, 2020 |
| Dec 3, 2015 | Carson | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $11,400 | $5,400 | Aug 16, 2017 |
| Feb 9, 2010 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2010 |
| Dec 11, 2007 | Sacramento | Accident | 2 citations | $675 | $675 | Jan 5, 2009 |
| Jul 28, 2005 | Hawthorne | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | $8,825 | Dec 8, 2006 |
| Nov 7, 2004 | Hawthorne | Accident | death 3 citations 1 serious | $40,675 | $18,425 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Jan 28, 2003 | South San Francisco | Accident | 3 citations | $5,750 | $750 | Jul 17, 2006 |
| Apr 30, 2002 | Hawthorne | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,480 | $2,850 | Dec 23, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Forward Air Inc; Forward Air.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 4 citations, 4 serious, $42,525
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $975
- 8 CCR 3657: 2 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 2340.12: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $425
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Carson 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 Forward Air, Inc.
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.