Romak Iron Works safety record at a glance
Romak Iron Works has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 18, 2006 and Mar 15, 2018. 3 of them were planned inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $14,705 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,870. The largest single penalty, $4,500, came from an inspection opened Mar 15, 2018 in Oakland. That places the employer at #15,367 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Oakland, Benicia, San Francisco, Livermore, San Bruno.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2018 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $4,500 $7,310 proposed | May 3, 2021 |
| Jul 14, 2009 | Benicia | Planned | 7 citations 1 serious | $2,900 | Apr 14, 2010 |
| Jun 2, 2009 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jun 4, 2009 |
| Jul 26, 2007 | Livermore | Planned | 2 citations | $1,120 | Apr 2, 2008 |
| Apr 18, 2006 | San Bruno | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $1,350 $3,375 proposed | Dec 31, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Romak Iron Works Inc., dba Romak Iron Works.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1710, Structural steel erection: 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,850
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 5097, Hearing Conservation Program: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 3577, Protection Devices: 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 5168, Static Electricity: 1 citation, $200
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland 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. 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 Romak Iron Works
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.