Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority safety record at a glance
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 19, 2001 and Sep 25, 2025. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $86,180 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $51,120. The largest single penalty, $21,150, came from an inspection opened Sep 24, 2024 in San Jose. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #1,426 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Public Administration. Worksites in San Jose, Mountain View.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2025 | San Jose | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Sep 24, 2024 | San Jose | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations 1 serious | $21,150 | Jul 9, 2025 |
| Mar 2, 2021 | San Jose | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations | $1,430 | Nov 1, 2021 |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Mountain View | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 28, 2022 |
| Jan 5, 2021 | San Jose | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $7,640 $23,800 proposed | Aug 8, 2022 |
| Jan 5, 2021 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,400 $7,650 proposed | Aug 8, 2022 |
| Sep 2, 2020 | San Jose | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 $8,100 proposed | Dec 27, 2021 |
| Jul 28, 2016 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation | $800 | Mar 7, 2017 |
| May 25, 2016 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 5, 2016 |
| Sep 15, 2015 | San Jose | Accident | 2 citations | $0 $3,400 proposed | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | San Jose | Complaint | 1 citation | $800 | May 3, 2014 |
| Mar 27, 2013 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation | $7,000 $18,000 proposed | Jan 20, 2016 |
| Mar 21, 2013 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 20, 2013 |
| Nov 7, 2011 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 14, 2011 |
| Apr 12, 2010 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 26, 2010 |
| Jul 23, 2008 | Mountain View | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 30, 2009 |
| Nov 6, 2002 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 20, 2003 |
| Nov 19, 2001 | San Jose | Complaint | 6 citations | $150 $1,050 proposed | Jul 31, 2007 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 6 citations, 3 serious, $13,835
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $14,550
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations
- 8 CCR 6401.9: 2 citations, 1 serious, $16,150
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $800
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $150
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 Transportation Authority
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.