Santa Clara Valley Water District safety record at a glance
Santa Clara Valley Water District has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 25, 2000 and Aug 20, 2024. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $22,350 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,000. The largest single penalty, $5,400, came from an inspection opened Aug 20, 2024 in Morgan Hill. That places the employer at #16,201 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Utilities. Worksites in Morgan Hill, San Jose.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2024 | Morgan Hill | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $5,400 | Aug 25, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2020 | San Jose | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | 0 | Oct 7, 2022 |
| Jul 21, 2011 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 19, 2011 |
| Jan 28, 2009 | San Jose | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 27, 2009 |
| Dec 12, 2007 | San Jose | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 29, 2009 |
| Mar 7, 2007 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 3, 2007 |
| Jun 23, 2004 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 2, 2004 |
| Aug 23, 2001 | San Jose | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $2,700 | $2,700 | Apr 24, 2002 |
| May 25, 2000 | San Jose | Complaint | 5 citations | $900 | $900 | May 21, 2001 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,850
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 5143: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 5198, Lead: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation
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. 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 Santa Clara Valley Water District
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.