Alta Bates Summit Medical Center safety record at a glance
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center has been the subject of 25 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 19, 2001 and Aug 4, 2020. 19 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 2 serious, 1 willful. Inspectors proposed $153,575 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $98,620. The largest single penalty, $84,450, came from an inspection opened Jan 5, 2010 in Oakland. That places the employer at #461 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Berkeley, Oakland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2020 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2021 |
| Jun 6, 2019 | Berkeley | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $9,400 | $5,400 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Oct 21, 2015 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations | $23,000 | $4,025 | Jun 14, 2016 |
| Feb 2, 2015 | Berkeley | Complaint | 1 citation | $18,000 | $650 | Dec 10, 2015 |
| Oct 5, 2012 | Berkeley | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Nov 21, 2012 |
| Jun 22, 2012 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2012 |
| Jan 26, 2012 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 5, 2012 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Oakland | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 23, 2011 |
| Jan 5, 2010 | Oakland | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious 1 willful | $94,855 | $84,450 | open |
| Jul 14, 2009 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2009 |
| Mar 4, 2009 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 17, 2009 |
| May 27, 2008 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 6, 2008 |
| May 20, 2008 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 24, 2008 |
| Nov 21, 2007 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 12, 2007 |
| Jan 9, 2007 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $420 | $420 | May 23, 2007 |
| Apr 4, 2006 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 18, 2006 |
| Mar 30, 2006 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 4, 2006 |
| Sep 15, 2004 | Berkeley | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Jul 9, 2003 | Berkeley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Mar 14, 2003 | Berkeley | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $4,750 | $525 | Jun 23, 2005 |
| Feb 27, 2003 | Berkeley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 5, 2003 |
| Nov 19, 2002 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 14, 2003 |
| Sep 11, 2002 | Berkeley | Complaint | 7 citations | $2,625 | $2,625 | Feb 3, 2003 |
| Jul 19, 2001 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 29, 2001 |
| Jun 19, 2001 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 21, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Alta Bates-Summit Medical Center; Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Herrick Campus.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 9 citations, $3,995
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 5 citations, 1 serious, $79,450
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $8,500
- 8 CCR 3342, Workplace violence prevention plan: 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $525
- 8 CCR 332.4: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Berkeley employment lawyer, Oakland 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 Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
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.