San Bernardino County

Which office hears your case

San Bernardino — 464 W. Fourth Street, Suite 239 (the Rosa Parks Building), (909) 383-4341.

Parking is $5 a day — the cheapest in the system — plus a free public lot one block away. Photo ID is mandatory and all visitors sign in.

Some western county ZIP codes may be assigned to Pomona. In practice venue follows ZIP code, but § 5501.5(a) is the rule and gives three options.

The three issues that define this county

1. Warehouse and logistics

This is the distribution heart of Southern California. Warehouse work produces rate-driven lifting, reaching, and walking injuries that accumulate rather than happen — and the claim nobody files is the cumulative trauma claim, because there is no incident. Under § 5412 the date of injury is when you first had disability and knew it was work-related — usually far more recent than people assume. How.

Truck and delivery driving runs alongside it, with its own classification question under AB 5.

2. Staffing agencies

Warehouse and logistics work in this county runs heavily through labor contractors, which means the § 2810.3 question comes up constantly: the client employer shares liability where the staffing agency failed to secure workers' compensation coverage.

Do not accept a denial that turns on which entity employed you. You may have two employers. Report the injury to both, in writing, the same day. How this works.

3. Heat

Inland summers here are severe. 8 CCR § 3395 requires shade above 80°F and high-heat procedures at 95°F for named industries including construction and landscaping. And warehouses have been covered by 8 CCR § 3396 since July 23, 2024 — a standard newer than most of the material on the internet about California heat rules.

There is no heat illness presumption — AB 1336 was vetoed October 15, 2025. Causation must be proved; a regulatory violation is strong evidence. Heat illness claims.

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