U C Berkeley safety record at a glance
U C Berkeley has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 30, 2002 and Mar 20, 2026. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 3 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $20,060 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $2,135. The largest single penalty, $1,200, came from an inspection opened Jul 7, 2009 in Berkeley. That places the employer at #39,144 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Educational Services. Worksites in Berkeley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Berkeley | Complaint | 1 citation | $935 | $935 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2013 | Berkeley | Referral | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2013 |
| Jul 22, 2013 | Berkeley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 19, 2013 |
| Jun 24, 2013 | Berkeley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Apr 25, 2012 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Jul 1, 2010 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 1, 2010 |
| Jul 7, 2009 | Berkeley | Accident | 2 citations | $19,125 | $1,200 | Oct 26, 2009 |
| May 7, 2009 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 11, 2009 |
| Jul 30, 2002 | Berkeley | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 7, 2002 |
Also recorded as: U C Berkeley - University Health Services, Tang Center.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3396, Heat illness prevention, indoor: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 3278: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $600
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Berkeley 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 U C Berkeley
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.