Goodwill Industries safety record at a glance
Goodwill Industries has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 8, 2000 and Jan 31, 2017. 20 of them were complaint inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 26 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $15,540 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,195. The largest single penalty, $2,700, came from an inspection opened Aug 12, 2013 in San Rafael. That places the employer at #17,276 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 4 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in South San Francisco, Tulare, Santa Cruz, San Rafael, Sacramento, Atascadero, Turlock, Stockton.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2017 | South San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Mar 1, 2017 |
| Aug 24, 2015 | Tulare | Complaint | 5 citations | $645 | $645 | Dec 3, 2015 |
| May 21, 2014 | Santa Cruz | Complaint | 1 citation | $975 | $375 | Aug 31, 2014 |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Santa Cruz | Complaint | 1 citation | $230 | $230 | Feb 8, 2014 |
| Aug 12, 2013 | San Rafael | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 | $2,700 | Feb 5, 2014 |
| Feb 24, 2012 | Santa Cruz | Complaint | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | May 12, 2012 |
| Feb 10, 2010 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $465 | $465 | Jul 12, 2010 |
| Mar 25, 2009 | Atascadero | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2009 |
| Nov 21, 2008 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 14, 2009 |
| Sep 25, 2008 | Atascadero | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 | $370 | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Aug 22, 2008 | Turlock | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 22, 2008 |
| Jul 16, 2008 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $7,030 | $1,030 | Dec 8, 2009 |
| May 2, 2008 | Visalia | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 16, 2008 |
| Apr 11, 2007 | Sacramento | Complaint | 3 citations | $935 | $600 | Sep 9, 2008 |
| Mar 13, 2007 | Grover Beach | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Jul 11, 2007 |
| Dec 13, 2006 | Citrus Heights | Complaint | 2 citations | $300 | $300 | May 29, 2008 |
| Sep 28, 2006 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 20, 2006 |
| Aug 18, 2004 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $150 | Apr 26, 2007 |
| Apr 16, 2004 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Jul 7, 2006 |
| Feb 25, 2003 | Salinas | Complaint | 2 citations | $300 | $300 | Nov 2, 2003 |
| Mar 8, 2000 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, $1,380
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $2,935
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $700
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 2 citations, $430
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 3363, Water supply: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 1430.32: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, $280
Accidents investigated
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 Goodwill Industries
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.