Hayward Unified School District safety record at a glance
Hayward Unified School District has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 23, 2001 and Oct 13, 2026. 17 of them were complaint inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 42 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $47,935 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $46,550. The largest single penalty, $27,600, came from an inspection opened Jun 9, 2015 in Hayward. That places the employer at #1,706 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Educational Services; Manufacturing; Public Administration. Worksites in Hayward.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | Hayward | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Hayward | Complaint | 2 citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Aug 28, 2024 | Hayward | Complaint | 4 citations | $3,185 | $1,800 | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Jan 16, 2019 | Hayward | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,910 | $1,910 | Jun 9, 2021 |
| Mar 9, 2016 | Hayward | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | May 19, 2016 |
| Jun 11, 2015 | Hayward | Complaint | 9 citations | $5,770 | $5,770 | Aug 26, 2015 |
| Jun 10, 2015 | Hayward | Complaint | 6 citations | $3,885 | $3,885 | Aug 26, 2015 |
| Jun 9, 2015 | Hayward | Complaint | 10 citations 2 serious | $27,600 | $27,600 | Aug 26, 2015 |
| Jan 22, 2015 | Hayward | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Aug 26, 2015 |
| Jan 22, 2015 | Hayward | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Aug 26, 2015 |
| Jan 22, 2015 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 4, 2015 |
| May 22, 2013 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 2, 2013 |
| Nov 3, 2009 | Hayward | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jan 13, 2010 |
| May 5, 2008 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 21, 2008 |
| May 15, 2007 | Hayward | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 31, 2007 |
| Sep 29, 2006 | Hayward | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $2,560 | $2,560 | Aug 28, 2008 |
| Apr 4, 2006 | Hayward | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Apr 7, 2009 |
| Jul 23, 2001 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 27, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Hayward Unified School District - Park Elementary; Hayward Unified School District - Eden Gardens; Hayward Unified School District - Food Service; Hayward Unified School District - MLK Middle School; Hayward Unified School District - Bowman Elementary School; Hayward Unified School District - Maintenance Operations & Transportation; Hayward Unified School District - Southgate Elementary School; Hayward Unified School District - Tennyson High School; Hayward Unified School District - MT. Eden High School; Hayward Unified School District - Cesar Chavez Middle School; Hayward Unified School District - Treeview Elementary; Hayward Unified School District - Martin Luther King, JR. Middle School.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 5 citations, $2,800
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 5 citations, $2,365
- 8 CCR 3277: 4 citations, 1 serious, $11,250
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 4 citations, $2,275
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, $2,250
- 8 CCR 3272: 3 citations, $1,970
- 8 CCR 3340: 3 citations, $1,685
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 2 citations, 1 serious, $14,060
Local pages: Hayward 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 Hayward Unified School District
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.