Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club safety record at a glance
Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 24, 2001 and May 11, 2009. 2 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 9 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $7,300 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,800. The largest single penalty, $5,800, came from an inspection opened Mar 14, 2007 in Palo Alto. That places the employer at #19,563 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation. Worksites in Palo Alto.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2009 | Palo Alto | Accident | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Nov 19, 2009 |
| Mar 14, 2007 | Palo Alto | Accident | 5 citations | $6,300 | $5,800 | Feb 13, 2008 |
| Oct 24, 2001 | Palo Alto | Complaint | 2 citations | $250 | $250 | Mar 13, 2002 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $4,500
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 1430.1: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 340: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 3578: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $125
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 Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club
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.