YRC Freight safety record at a glance
YRC Freight has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 30, 2014 and Nov 2, 2021. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $56,870 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $16,465. The largest single penalty, $7,000, came from an inspection opened Jun 20, 2017 in Commerce. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #9,155 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. Worksites in Tracy, Bloomington, Calexico, Commerce, Orange, Fresno, Gardena.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2021 | Tracy | Complaint | 3 citations | $630 | $630 | Jan 3, 2022 |
| Mar 17, 2020 | Tracy | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2020 |
| Dec 19, 2018 | Bloomington | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 17, 2020 |
| Aug 16, 2018 | Calexico | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,110 | $1,110 | Apr 8, 2019 |
| Feb 7, 2018 | Bloomington | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $29,950 | $5,545 | Nov 20, 2018 |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Commerce | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $14,400 | $7,000 | Mar 1, 2018 |
| Oct 3, 2016 | Orange | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $5,000 | 0 | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Aug 2, 2016 | Orange | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2016 |
| Oct 20, 2015 | Orange | Complaint | 5 citations | $4,825 | $1,225 | Jan 8, 2018 |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $205 | $205 | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 6, 2014 |
| May 30, 2014 | Gardena | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Dec 11, 2015 |
Also recorded as: YRC Freight Inc.; YRC Freight, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 3 citations, $1,495
- 8 CCR 4353: 3 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 2 citations, 2 serious, $10,825
- 8 CCR 2340.1: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $475
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, $225
Accidents investigated
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 YRC 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.