UPS Freight safety record at a glance
UPS Freight has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 29, 2006 and May 6, 2016. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $8,750 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,950. The largest single penalty, $5,975, came from an inspection opened Apr 23, 2007 in Fremont. That places the employer at #19,293 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: Transportation and Warehousing; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in San Leandro, San Diego, Salinas, Santa Rosa, Fresno, Pico Rivera, Lathrop, Fremont.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2016 | San Leandro | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 13, 2016 |
| Apr 11, 2013 | San Diego | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Oct 16, 2013 |
| Jul 8, 2010 | Salinas | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,400 | $600 | Jul 28, 2012 |
| Apr 22, 2010 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 28, 2010 |
| Aug 31, 2009 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 31, 2009 |
| Aug 20, 2009 | Pico Rivera | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 11, 2010 |
| Nov 5, 2008 | Pico Rivera | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 5, 2008 |
| Oct 9, 2008 | Lathrop | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Oct 29, 2008 |
| Aug 1, 2008 | Fremont | Follow-up | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 4, 2008 |
| Apr 23, 2007 | Fremont | Accident | 3 citations | $5,975 | $5,975 | Apr 7, 2009 |
| Jun 29, 2006 | Fremont | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2006 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $975
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Leandro employment lawyer, San Diego employment lawyer, Salinas 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 UPS Freight
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.