UC Berkeley safety record at a glance
UC Berkeley has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 3, 2000 and Mar 16, 2020. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $19,350 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $14,840. The largest single penalty, $7,130, came from an inspection opened Nov 20, 2003 in Berkeley. That places the employer at #10,412 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; Construction; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Berkeley, Albany, Richmond.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2020 | Berkeley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 4, 2020 |
| Oct 3, 2014 | Berkeley | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,400 | $935 | Apr 8, 2015 |
| Aug 22, 2012 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 30, 2012 |
| Jun 29, 2010 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2010 |
| Jul 28, 2008 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 17, 2008 |
| Oct 25, 2007 | Berkeley | Accident | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Feb 14, 2008 |
| Jun 6, 2007 | Albany | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 20, 2007 |
| Sep 11, 2006 | Berkeley | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,495 | $150 | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Apr 21, 2006 | Berkeley | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jul 18, 2006 |
| Feb 24, 2006 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 7, 2006 |
| Feb 17, 2006 | Berkeley | Accident | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Sep 12, 2008 |
| Feb 15, 2005 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 15, 2005 |
| Nov 20, 2003 | Berkeley | Complaint | 13 citations 1 serious | $7,130 | $7,130 | Oct 3, 2006 |
| Mar 28, 2003 | Berkeley | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $5,400 | $2,700 | Sep 26, 2006 |
| Sep 27, 2001 | Richmond | Accident | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Dec 19, 2002 |
| Dec 4, 2000 | Berkeley | Accident | 1 citation | $1,200 | $1,200 | Oct 6, 2006 |
| Oct 3, 2000 | Berkeley | Accident | 2 citations | $1,425 | $1,425 | Jun 5, 2001 |
Also recorded as: UC Berkeley - Priestly Hall; U.C. Berkeley; UC Berkeley - Parking & Transportation Dept; UC Berkeley (Cory Hall); UC Berkeley - Physical Plant-Campus Services; UC Berkeley - International House; U. C. Berkeley - Cal Dining; UC Berkeley - Calrec Sports.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $5,010
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $1,400
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $690
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $565
- 8 CCR 3272: 2 citations, $335
- 8 CCR 3220, Emergency action plan: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 1637, Scaffold planking: 1 citation, $850
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Berkeley employment lawyer, Richmond 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 UC 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.