Pacific Galvanizing safety record at a glance
Pacific Galvanizing has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 14, 2007 and Jun 5, 2025. 6 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $89,635 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $56,835. The largest single penalty, $32,400, came from an inspection opened Sep 28, 2017 in Oakland. That places the employer at #1,200 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Oakland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2025 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $14,400 | open |
| Aug 21, 2023 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $825 | $825 | Sep 25, 2023 |
| Aug 16, 2018 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 26, 2018 |
| Jul 26, 2018 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $485 | $485 | Mar 29, 2019 |
| Oct 17, 2017 | Oakland | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $10,650 | $6,525 | Jul 26, 2021 |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Oakland | Accident | 3 citations 3 serious | $52,200 | $32,400 | Nov 1, 2021 |
| Dec 1, 2008 | Oakland | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $7,200 | $2,200 | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Dec 14, 2007 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $275 | 0 | Jan 7, 2008 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 2 serious, $22,910
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3480: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,625
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, $400
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland 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 Pacific Galvanizing
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.