Social Vocational Services, Inc. safety record at a glance
Social Vocational Services, Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 8, 2011 and Sep 7, 2017. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $21,685 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $11,800. The largest single penalty, $7,600, came from an inspection opened Aug 2, 2017 in Bakersfield. That places the employer at #13,163 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration); Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Reedley, Bakersfield, San Mateo, Visalia, Palm Springs, Norwalk.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2017 | Reedley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2017 |
| Aug 2, 2017 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 4 citations 2 serious | $12,230 | $7,600 | Apr 16, 2018 |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 2 citations | $800 | $800 | Dec 21, 2017 |
| Feb 24, 2017 | San Mateo | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $2,000 | Apr 9, 2018 |
| Aug 19, 2014 | Visalia | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 16, 2014 |
| May 21, 2014 | Visalia | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Oct 22, 2012 | Palm Springs | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 19, 2013 |
| Mar 8, 2011 | Norwalk | Complaint | 5 citations | $3,375 | $1,120 | Oct 8, 2011 |
Also recorded as: Social Vocational Services Inc; Social Vocational Services.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 5 citations, 2 serious, $8,200
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 3366: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $200
Local pages: Bakersfield employment lawyer, San Mateo 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 Social Vocational Services, Inc.
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.