Gilead Sciences, Inc. safety record at a glance
Gilead Sciences, Inc. has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 28, 2000 and May 9, 2024. 3 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $6,750 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,300. The largest single penalty, $5,700, came from an inspection opened Jan 28, 2000 in Foster City. That places the employer at #20,696 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 13 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in La Verne, Oceanside, Foster City.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2024 | La Verne | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 | open |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Oceanside | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $450 proposed | Oct 20, 2023 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | La Verne | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 30, 2023 |
| Jul 30, 2009 | Foster City | Accident | 2 citations | $0 | Sep 3, 2009 |
| Jun 27, 2007 | Foster City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jul 3, 2007 |
| Jan 28, 2000 | Foster City | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $5,700 | Jan 5, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Gilead Sciences.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 5164, Storage of Hazardous Substances: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 5154.1, Ventilation Requirements for Laboratory-Type Hood Operations: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 1430.4: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 5191, Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 1430.7: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oceanside 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Gilead Sciences, Inc.
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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.