Kwan WO Ironworks, Inc. safety record at a glance
Kwan WO Ironworks, Inc. has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 17, 2000 and May 22, 2024. 11 of them were accident inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 72 in all: 18 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $183,225 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $122,810. The largest single penalty, $31,660, came from an inspection opened Apr 22, 2014 in San Francisco. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #290 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in Hayward, Berkeley, San Francisco, Richmond, Dublin, Santa Rosa, Half Moon Bay, Oakland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2024 | Hayward | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $26,360 | $15,200 | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Jan 20, 2022 | Hayward | Accident | 2 citations | $1,685 | $1,350 | Aug 28, 2023 |
| Apr 12, 2021 | Berkeley | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | Oct 30, 2023 |
| Jul 23, 2015 | San Francisco | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $24,000 | $12,300 | Apr 19, 2019 |
| Jun 4, 2014 | Richmond | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 5, 2014 |
| Apr 25, 2014 | San Francisco | Accident | 9 citations 6 serious | 0 | 0 | Aug 21, 2014 |
| Apr 22, 2014 | San Francisco | Complaint | 6 citations 2 serious | $42,910 | $31,660 | Aug 1, 2018 |
| Oct 13, 2011 | Dublin | Accident | 1 citation | $325 | $325 | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Sep 16, 2008 | Santa Rosa | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jul 29, 2009 |
| Jun 10, 2008 | San Francisco | Accident | death 3 citations 2 serious | $17,810 | $15,175 | Jan 27, 2012 |
| Apr 4, 2008 | Half Moon Bay | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $1,350 | $220 | Jul 18, 2009 |
| Nov 13, 2007 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $16,200 | $16,200 | May 4, 2010 |
| Apr 25, 2007 | El Cerrito | Programmed related | 1 citation | $750 | $675 | Dec 15, 2008 |
| Aug 30, 2005 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 31, 2005 |
| Jun 17, 2004 | San Francisco | Referral | 7 citations | $2,580 | $1,005 | Dec 31, 2006 |
| Oct 20, 2003 | San Francisco | Accident | 11 citations 1 repeat | $19,570 | $3,695 | Dec 6, 2005 |
| Aug 23, 2002 | San Francisco | Accident | 22 citations 4 serious | $6,810 | $6,630 | Sep 19, 2002 |
| Nov 17, 2000 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 14, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Kwan WO Ironworks Inc; Kwan WO Ironworks, Inc; Kwan WO Ironworks Inc.; Kwan WO Ironworks.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $16,825
- 8 CCR 4999: 4 citations, 3 serious, $27,580
- 8 CCR 4845: 3 citations, 3 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $5,200
- 8 CCR 4650: 3 citations, 1 serious, $2,040
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 3 citations, $260
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $100
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, 1 serious, $1,800
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Hayward employment lawyer, Berkeley 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 Kwan WO Ironworks, 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 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.