Port of Oakland safety record at a glance
Port of Oakland has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 2, 2000 and Jan 30, 2024. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $25,165 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,285. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Apr 23, 2019 in Oakland. That places the employer at #7,082 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Public Administration. Worksites in Oakland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2024 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $1,060 | $1,060 | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Apr 23, 2019 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | Feb 24, 2020 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 20, 2015 |
| Jan 14, 2013 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Mar 8, 2013 |
| Dec 14, 2012 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,120 | $225 | Oct 10, 2013 |
| Jun 15, 2012 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 25, 2012 |
| Apr 15, 2011 | Oakland | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 18, 2011 |
| Feb 9, 2011 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 4, 2011 |
| Nov 23, 2009 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 8, 2009 |
| Nov 2, 2009 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 17, 2009 |
| Oct 20, 2009 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $485 | 0 | Jan 11, 2011 |
| May 17, 2007 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2007 |
| Jul 2, 2000 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Port of Oakland - Oakland International Airport.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,060
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 4307.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation
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 Port of Oakland
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.