San Francisco Public Utilities Commission safety record at a glance
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 1, 2005 and Jul 23, 2025. 7 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $39,535 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,560. The largest single penalty, $10,125, came from an inspection opened May 9, 2018 in San Francisco. That places the employer at #6,904 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Utilities; Public Administration. Worksites in San Francisco, Sunol.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2025 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | 0 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Oct 26, 2020 | San Francisco | Accident | 3 citations | $6,600 | $2,485 | May 2, 2022 |
| Nov 18, 2019 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 5, 2020 |
| May 9, 2018 | San Francisco | Complaint | 4 citations 2 serious | $19,550 | $10,125 | Apr 20, 2020 |
| Apr 5, 2018 | San Francisco | Accident | 3 citations | $1,200 | $240 | Apr 26, 2019 |
| Oct 24, 2017 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Apr 2, 2018 |
| Jun 27, 2017 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $10,125 | $5,400 | Apr 11, 2018 |
| May 1, 2017 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 19, 2017 |
| Nov 29, 2016 | San Francisco | Accident | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Apr 4, 2017 |
| Sep 1, 2005 | Sunol | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 21, 2005 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $2,685
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $1,485
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $240
- 8 CCR 5143: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation
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. 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 Public Utilities Commission
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.