Pacific Steel Casting CO safety record at a glance
Pacific Steel Casting CO has been the subject of 26 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 30, 2001 and Sep 8, 2016. 14 of them were accident inspections. 19 of them produced citations, 47 in all: 18 serious. Inspectors proposed $253,600 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $142,082. The largest single penalty, $22,050, came from an inspection opened Jun 12, 2013 in Berkeley. That places the employer at #218 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Berkeley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2016 | Berkeley | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 13, 2016 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Berkeley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 1, 2016 |
| Jun 12, 2013 | Berkeley | Accident | 3 citations 3 serious | $57,650 | $22,050 | Jun 18, 2014 |
| May 17, 2012 | Berkeley | Complaint | 8 citations 5 serious | $23,430 | $14,620 | Jul 29, 2014 |
| May 17, 2012 | Berkeley | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $21,825 | $10,382 | Feb 11, 2014 |
| Sep 27, 2011 | Berkeley | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,310 | $4,010 | Sep 18, 2012 |
| Aug 10, 2011 | Berkeley | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,400 | $19,400 | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Mar 7, 2011 | Berkeley | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jul 14, 2011 |
| Feb 1, 2011 | Berkeley | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Sep 22, 2011 |
| Nov 30, 2010 | Berkeley | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 1, 2011 |
| Jul 28, 2010 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 28, 2010 |
| Dec 22, 2009 | Berkeley | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $28,200 | $20,285 | Dec 28, 2011 |
| Sep 17, 2008 | Berkeley | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $16,000 | $5,790 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Jun 25, 2008 | Berkeley | Accident | 1 citation | $800 | $800 | Jan 9, 2009 |
| May 6, 2008 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 21, 2008 |
| Dec 12, 2006 | Berkeley | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $560 | May 23, 2007 |
| Jun 30, 2006 | Berkeley | Accident | 1 citation | $5,400 | $600 | Sep 9, 2008 |
| Apr 6, 2006 | Berkeley | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,600 | $1,600 | Feb 10, 2009 |
| Nov 29, 2005 | Berkeley | Complaint | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Aug 15, 2005 | Berkeley | Accident | 1 citation | $400 | $400 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| May 24, 2005 | Berkeley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 31, 2005 |
| Dec 2, 2004 | Berkeley | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,925 | $1,925 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Dec 1, 2004 | Berkeley | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Oct 5, 2006 |
| Mar 17, 2003 | Berkeley | Complaint | 5 citations | $2,275 | $2,275 | Jun 26, 2006 |
| Jul 18, 2002 | Berkeley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 23, 2002 |
| Jul 30, 2001 | Berkeley | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Apr 5, 2005 |
Also recorded as: Pacific Steel Casting Company; Pacific Steel Casting CO.; Pacific Steel Casting Company, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $2,970
- 8 CCR 5009: 3 citations, $1,860
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $1,575
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 2 serious, $22,725
- 8 CCR 5042: 2 citations, 2 serious, $20,700
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,700
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $8,200
- 8 CCR 3578: 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,050
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Berkeley 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 Steel Casting CO
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.