San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District safety record at a glance
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District has been the subject of 28 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 23, 2005 and Feb 11, 2026. 13 of them were complaint inspections. 18 of them produced citations, 38 in all: 12 serious, 2 willful. Inspectors proposed $486,571 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $363,911. The largest single penalty, $210,851, came from an inspection opened Dec 20, 2024 in Oakland. That places the employer at #33 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Other Services (except Public Administration); Public Administration. Worksites in Richmond, Oakland, San Bruno, Concord, Antioch, San Francisco, Hayward, Union City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2026 | Richmond | Complaint | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | open |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $39,375 | $39,375 | open |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Oakland | Complaint | 5 citations 3 serious 1 willful | $210,851 | $210,851 | open |
| Jul 6, 2023 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 5, 2024 |
| Jul 6, 2023 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 5, 2024 |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 21, 2022 |
| May 19, 2021 | San Bruno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Oct 17, 2019 | Concord | Accident | 3 citations 3 serious | $51,300 | $39,150 | Jul 27, 2020 |
| Feb 13, 2019 | Antioch | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 22, 2019 |
| Jun 27, 2018 | San Francisco | Complaint | 7 citations 2 serious | $15,050 | $15,050 | open |
| Mar 15, 2018 | Hayward | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $19,125 | $9,560 | Apr 29, 2019 |
| Jan 31, 2018 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2018 |
| Jul 13, 2017 | Union City | Accident | 2 citations | $1,200 | $600 | Apr 19, 2018 |
| May 25, 2017 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 25, 2017 |
| Mar 17, 2017 | Walnut Creek | Complaint | 1 citation | $875 | $875 | Apr 22, 2017 |
| Apr 5, 2016 | Richmond | Accident | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Mar 17, 2017 |
| Mar 9, 2015 | Richmond | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Jul 21, 2015 |
| Nov 24, 2014 | Millbrae | Complaint | 1 citation | $160 | $160 | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Nov 19, 2014 | Berkeley | Referral | 1 citation | $7,650 | $700 | Dec 10, 2015 |
| May 22, 2014 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Dec 19, 2014 |
| Jan 24, 2014 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $1,125 | $1,125 | open |
| Jun 26, 2013 | Oakland | Accident | 3 citations | $1,495 | $1,120 | Dec 27, 2013 |
| Jan 10, 2012 | Concord | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,270 | $635 | Apr 23, 2013 |
| Oct 18, 2011 | Richmond | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 18, 2012 |
| Jul 21, 2011 | Oakland | Complaint | 2 citations | $5,620 | $1,120 | open |
| Oct 5, 2010 | Richmond | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious 1 willful | $129,600 | $41,715 | Aug 27, 2013 |
| Apr 19, 2010 | Concord | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2010 |
| Mar 23, 2005 | Concord | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 6, 2005 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 7 citations, 2 serious, $199,561
- 8 CCR 2940: 4 citations, 4 serious, $48,465
- 8 CCR 2944: 4 citations, $41,135
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 4 citations, $3,800
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 3 citations, 1 serious, $4,625
- 8 CCR 3332: 2 citations, 2 serious, $40,500
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $10,160
- 8 CCR 2940.6: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Richmond employment lawyer, 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 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
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.