Goodwill of Silicon Valley safety record at a glance
Goodwill of Silicon Valley has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 22, 2004 and Oct 13, 2022. 5 of them were accident inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 31 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $54,660 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $23,830. The largest single penalty, $9,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 13, 2022 in San Jose. That places the employer at #5,115 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in San Jose, Campbell, Palo Alto, Gilroy.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2022 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $9,000 $18,000 proposed | Jul 14, 2025 |
| Oct 29, 2019 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $800 proposed | Jul 10, 2020 |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Campbell | Accident | 2 citations | $1,500 $15,200 proposed | Feb 22, 2021 |
| Sep 21, 2017 | Palo Alto | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | Mar 26, 2018 |
| Mar 16, 2016 | San Jose | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 | May 26, 2016 |
| Jan 23, 2013 | San Jose | Complaint | 6 citations 1 serious | $4,270 $6,185 proposed | Dec 31, 2013 |
| Nov 8, 2012 | San Jose | Planned | 13 citations | $4,210 $8,125 proposed | May 26, 2015 |
| Jun 28, 2012 | Gilroy | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 27, 2012 |
| Nov 29, 2005 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation | $3,500 $5,000 proposed | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Jul 27, 2004 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 16, 2004 |
| Jul 22, 2004 | San Jose | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,050 | Jul 27, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Goodwill of Silicon Valley dba Goodwill; Goodwill of Silicon Valley dba Goodwill Industries.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $825
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $210
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $485
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $465
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $210
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,500
- 8 CCR 4353, Stationary Compaction Equipment and Balers: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Jose 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Goodwill of Silicon Valley
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 4, 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.