San Francisco Unified School District safety record at a glance
San Francisco Unified School District has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 8, 2000 and Dec 19, 2025. 9 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 1 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $31,790 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $28,740. The largest single penalty, $11,400, came from an inspection opened Dec 19, 2025 in San Francisco. That places the employer at #3,791 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: Educational Services; Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2025 | San Francisco | Complaint | 8 citations 1 serious | $11,400 | $11,400 | open |
| Oct 28, 2025 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation 1 repeat | $10,000 | $10,000 | open |
| Sep 18, 2024 | San Francisco | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,440 | $920 | Jun 23, 2025 |
| Mar 12, 2024 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 28, 2024 |
| May 17, 2023 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Feb 26, 2024 |
| Apr 4, 2023 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 19, 2023 |
| Feb 21, 2023 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 17, 2023 |
| Mar 12, 2018 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $1,000 | $485 | Sep 4, 2018 |
| Jan 12, 2018 | San Francisco | Accident | 3 citations | $5,750 | $3,735 | Apr 8, 2019 |
| Oct 17, 2017 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $700 | $700 | May 20, 2019 |
| Jun 9, 2016 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 18, 2016 |
| Jun 3, 2016 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 18, 2016 |
| Aug 3, 2006 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 10, 2006 |
| Sep 8, 2000 | San Francisco | Complaint | 4 citations | $900 | $900 | Nov 9, 2000 |
Also recorded as: San Francisco Unified School District - Bret Harte Elementry School; San Francisco Unified School District - Balboa High School; San Francisco Unified School District - Grattan Elementary School; San Francisco Unified School District - Lawton Alternative School; San Francisco Unified School District - Ruth Asawa School of the Arts.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,785
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $13,250
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $1,085
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 3220, Emergency action plan: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,200
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3270: 1 citation, $600
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 Unified School 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.