Good Guys safety record at a glance
Good Guys has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 4, 2000 and Mar 10, 2005. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 33 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $59,095 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $32,770. The largest single penalty, $16,045, came from an inspection opened Jan 29, 2001 in Sacramento. That places the employer at #3,064 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Hayward, San Francisco, Placerville, Sacramento, Fresno.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2005 | Hayward | Complaint | 4 citations | $600 | $600 | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Jul 1, 2002 | San Francisco | Complaint | 12 citations 3 serious | $9,600 | $9,600 | Jul 1, 2002 |
| Oct 2, 2001 | Placerville | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2001 |
| Jan 29, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | 7 citations 3 serious | $42,370 | $16,045 | Mar 20, 2007 |
| May 25, 2000 | Fresno | Complaint | 5 citations 2 serious | $5,850 | $5,850 | Oct 25, 2000 |
| May 25, 2000 | Fresno | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Oct 26, 2007 |
| Apr 4, 2000 | Hayward | Complaint | 4 citations | $450 | $450 | Sep 27, 2000 |
Also recorded as: The Good Guys; The Good Guys.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4300: 4 citations, 4 serious, $12,825
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 3 citations, 2 serious, $9,600
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $975
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 3 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 461: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Hayward 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 Good Guys
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.