The Carpenter Group safety record at a glance
The Carpenter Group has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 16, 2013 and May 7, 2024. 4 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $56,985 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $34,700. The largest single penalty, $18,365, came from an inspection opened Feb 22, 2018 in San Diego. That places the employer at #2,778 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Hayward, San Francisco, San Diego.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2024 | Hayward | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,435 | $5,400 | Oct 21, 2024 |
| Apr 19, 2023 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 5, 2023 |
| Feb 22, 2018 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,800 | $18,365 | Feb 22, 2019 |
| Nov 10, 2016 | San Francisco | Planned | 14 citations 4 serious | $29,750 | $10,935 | Jul 26, 2017 |
| Jul 16, 2013 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 21, 2014 |
Also recorded as: The Carpenter Group dba Carpenter Rigging.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, 3 serious, $6,210
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,700
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,065
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3214, Stair rails and handrails: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Hayward employment lawyer, San Francisco employment lawyer, San Diego 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 The Carpenter Group
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.