Foss Maritime safety record at a glance
Foss Maritime has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 28, 2001 and Jan 21, 2026. 7 of them were planned inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $19,160 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,150. The largest single penalty, $3,710, came from an inspection opened Apr 3, 2002 in Long Beach. That places the employer at #24,567 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Transportation and Warehousing; Manufacturing. Worksites in Richmond, Long Beach, San Diego.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2026 | Richmond | Planned | no citations | $0 | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Richmond | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 20, 2023 |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Richmond | Planned | 3 citations | $0 | Nov 8, 2022 |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Richmond | Planned | no citations | $0 | Oct 5, 2022 |
| Sep 15, 2003 | Long Beach | Follow-up | no inspection made | $0 | Apr 12, 2004 |
| Jul 8, 2003 | San Diego | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Jul 14, 2003 |
| May 19, 2003 | Richmond | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Jun 2, 2003 |
| Apr 10, 2002 | San Diego | Planned | 6 citations 2 serious | $1,440 $9,000 proposed | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Apr 3, 2002 | Long Beach | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $3,710 $10,160 proposed | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Mar 28, 2001 | Richmond | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jul 25, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Foss Maritime Company; Foss Maritime Company LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 2 citations, 2 serious, $2,970
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 2 citations, $635
- 8 CCR 3660, Industrial trucks, general: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 461, Permits to Operate: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3320, Warning Signs: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3577, Protection Devices: 1 citation, 1 serious, $270
- 8 CCR 3661, Brakes and Warning Devices: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 1 citation, $150
Local pages: Richmond employment lawyer, Long Beach employment lawyer, San Diego 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 Foss Maritime
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.