Recology San Francisco safety record at a glance
Recology San Francisco has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 23, 2010 and May 22, 2026. 5 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $58,390 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $37,350. The largest single penalty, $35,990, came from an inspection opened Dec 19, 2025 in San Francisco. That places the employer at #2,491 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Manufacturing. Worksites in San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | San Francisco | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Jan 8, 2026 | San Francisco | Accident | 2 citations | $560 | open |
| Dec 19, 2025 | San Francisco | Complaint | 9 citations 5 serious | $35,990 | open |
| Jul 29, 2024 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 17, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2017 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $800 $21,600 proposed | May 29, 2018 |
| Nov 11, 2016 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 2, 2016 |
| Dec 23, 2010 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $240 proposed | Mar 3, 2014 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,120
- 8 CCR 5208, Asbestos: 2 citations, 2 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,310
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 4355, Operating Rules for Compaction Equipment: 1 citation, $800
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 2473.1, Conductors Entering Boxes, Cabinets, or Fittings: 1 citation, $560
Accidents investigated
Local pages: 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Recology San Francisco
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 4, 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.