Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, Inc. safety record at a glance
Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 8, 2001 and Oct 6, 2017. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $28,795 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $25,495. The largest single penalty, $18,935, came from an inspection opened Jun 8, 2001 in Suisun City. That places the employer at #4,560 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Retail Trade; Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Oakland, Vallejo, Suisun City.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2017 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 6, 2018 |
| Dec 26, 2014 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jun 8, 2015 |
| Mar 25, 2013 | Oakland | Complaint | 5 citations 1 serious | $4,000 $7,300 proposed | Dec 27, 2013 |
| Jul 21, 2011 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $420 | Dec 28, 2011 |
| Oct 27, 2010 | Oakland | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,540 | Mar 10, 2011 |
| Nov 28, 2007 | Vallejo | Complaint | 2 citations | $600 | Aug 15, 2008 |
| Jan 9, 2002 | Suisun City | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 14, 2002 |
| Jun 8, 2001 | Suisun City | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,935 | Mar 10, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 5 citations, 1 serious, $4,000
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $840
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3225, Maintenance and Access to Exits: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 5142, Mechanically Driven Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems to Provide Minimum Building Ventilation: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland employment lawyer, Vallejo 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 Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay, 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 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.