San Francisco Chronicle safety record at a glance
San Francisco Chronicle has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 9, 2002 and Nov 29, 2010. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $63,825 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $15,920. The largest single penalty, $7,425, came from an inspection opened Mar 2, 2004 in Union City. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #9,629 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Information. Worksites in Union City, Fremont, San Francisco, Oakland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2010 | Union City | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 10, 2011 |
| Feb 17, 2010 | Fremont | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 13, 2010 |
| Feb 1, 2006 | Union City | Complaint | 4 citations | $2,810 | $700 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Mar 16, 2005 | Union City | Complaint | 1 citation | $335 | $335 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Mar 2, 2004 | Union City | Accident | death 2 citations 2 serious | $24,750 | $7,425 | Jul 24, 2008 |
| Feb 26, 2004 | San Francisco | Complaint | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Oct 18, 2002 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $300 | Jul 28, 2006 |
| Sep 24, 2002 | Union City | Complaint | 10 citations 1 serious | $13,620 | $5,850 | Jul 9, 2004 |
| Jan 9, 2002 | Union City | Accident | 2 citations | $3,750 | $750 | May 7, 2002 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,525
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $435
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $700
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 1 citation, $700
- 8 CCR 4000: 1 citation, 1 serious, $675
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $560
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fremont 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. 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 Chronicle
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.