Stanford Health Care safety record at a glance
Stanford Health Care has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 2, 2017 and May 4, 2026. 7 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 6 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $42,450 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,850. The largest single penalty, $13,500, came from an inspection opened Nov 6, 2020 in Palo Alto. That places the employer at #3,378 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 5 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Palo Alto.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | Palo Alto | Accident | 2 citations | $5,350 | open |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Palo Alto | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Palo Alto | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Palo Alto | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 $600 proposed | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Palo Alto | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 14, 2023 |
| Nov 6, 2020 | Palo Alto | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $13,500 | Sep 2, 2024 |
| Sep 23, 2020 | Palo Alto | Accident | 1 citation | $3,000 $5,000 proposed | Aug 5, 2024 |
| Mar 28, 2019 | Palo Alto | Accident | 1 citation | $9,000 $18,000 proposed | Apr 10, 2023 |
| Mar 2, 2017 | Palo Alto | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 3, 2017 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3342, Workplace violence prevention plan: 2 citations, $9,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $8,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation, $350
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 Stanford Health Care
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.