San Francisco Fire Department safety record at a glance
San Francisco Fire Department has been the subject of 31 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 8, 2003 and Sep 4, 2026. 21 of them were accident inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $48,285 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $20,725. The largest single penalty, $7,640, came from an inspection opened May 9, 2025 in San Francisco. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #6,346 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | San Francisco | Fatality or catastrophe | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Jun 11, 2026 | San Francisco | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Oct 17, 2025 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| May 9, 2025 | San Francisco | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious | $7,640 $15,740 proposed | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Jan 6, 2025 | San Francisco | Accident | 2 citations | $1,600 | open |
| Oct 28, 2024 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | Jul 21, 2025 |
| May 22, 2023 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 1, 2023 |
| Dec 28, 2020 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $800 $7,200 proposed | Jan 21, 2025 |
| Nov 3, 2020 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $650 $1,000 proposed | Aug 14, 2021 |
| Jun 22, 2018 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $0 | Dec 10, 2018 |
| Aug 11, 2015 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 $600 proposed | Jan 6, 2016 |
| Jul 10, 2015 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 30, 2015 |
| Mar 20, 2015 | San Francisco | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,050 | Aug 13, 2015 |
| Aug 4, 2014 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $500 | Mar 3, 2015 |
| Jul 7, 2014 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $500 | Oct 29, 2014 |
| Nov 26, 2013 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 $560 proposed | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Oct 21, 2013 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Nov 5, 2012 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | Jun 11, 2013 |
| Oct 4, 2012 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 21, 2013 |
| Sep 18, 2012 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Jun 3, 2011 | San Francisco | Accident | 2 deaths 3 citations | $2,250 $14,250 proposed | Feb 14, 2013 |
| Mar 4, 2010 | San Francisco | Complaint | 6 citations | $2,250 | Apr 15, 2011 |
| Feb 5, 2009 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 6, 2009 |
| Apr 28, 2008 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Jun 8, 2007 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 3, 2007 |
| Apr 3, 2007 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 11, 2008 |
| Nov 15, 2006 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 20, 2007 |
| Feb 1, 2006 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 2, 2006 |
| Sep 30, 2005 | San Francisco | Accident | 2 citations | $1,685 | Aug 23, 2011 |
| Mar 19, 2004 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 7, 2005 |
| Sep 8, 2003 | San Francisco | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Sep 8, 2003 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 8 citations, $3,810
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, 1 serious, $5,960
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $2,300
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 3 citations, $1,125
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $1,085
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $1,000
- 8 CCR 3409: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 1 citation, $800
Accidents investigated
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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 San Francisco Fire Department
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.