Santa Clara Valley Medical Center safety record at a glance
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 29, 2000 and May 30, 2025. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $25,190 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $11,265. The largest single penalty, $3,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 14, 2020 in San Jose. That places the employer at #13,764 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: Health Care and Social Assistance; Public Administration. Worksites in San Jose, San Martin, Milpitas.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | San Jose | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 | open |
| Sep 13, 2022 | San Martin | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,420 | Jan 22, 2024 |
| Mar 25, 2021 | San Jose | Complaint | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Oct 14, 2020 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation | $3,000 $10,125 proposed | May 30, 2022 |
| Oct 14, 2020 | San Jose | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| May 4, 2020 | San Jose | Referral | 2 citations | $2,060 | Nov 16, 2020 |
| Apr 29, 2020 | San Jose | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $850 $7,650 proposed | Nov 8, 2021 |
| Jan 5, 2018 | San Jose | Complaint | 2 citations | $2,400 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Apr 6, 2011 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 27, 2011 |
| Nov 3, 2010 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 5, 2011 |
| Jun 22, 2010 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | Jan 8, 2011 |
| Jul 31, 2008 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 5, 2008 |
| Apr 22, 2008 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 19, 2008 |
| Jan 25, 2008 | Milpitas | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 17, 2008 |
| Feb 21, 2006 | Milpitas | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | Jul 31, 2007 |
| Mar 29, 2000 | Milpitas | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 16, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 4 citations, $5,910
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 2 citations, $2,400
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $1,420
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 2340.23, Openings (repealed): 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $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 Santa Clara Valley 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 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.