Sunrise Senior Living safety record at a glance
Sunrise Senior Living has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 1, 2008 and Dec 2, 2016. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $19,675 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $11,220. The largest single penalty, $7,795, came from an inspection opened Jan 20, 2012 in Walnut Creek. That places the employer at #13,835 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Huntington Beach, Monterey, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Danville, Yorba Linda, Valencia, Santa Rosa.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2016 | Huntington Beach | Accident | 1 citation | $3,000 $5,000 proposed | Oct 16, 2017 |
| Oct 25, 2012 | Monterey | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 5, 2013 |
| Feb 19, 2012 | Oakland | Complaint | 1 citation | $425 | Dec 12, 2012 |
| Jan 20, 2012 | Walnut Creek | Planned | 6 citations 4 serious | $7,795 $14,250 proposed | Jan 4, 2013 |
| Aug 13, 2010 | Danville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 25, 2010 |
| May 18, 2009 | Yorba Linda | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 22, 2009 |
| Apr 21, 2009 | Valencia | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 4, 2009 |
| Dec 1, 2008 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 12, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Sunrise Senior Living Inc; Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. dba Sunrise A. Living; Sunrise Senior Living Inc dba Sunrise Senior Livin; Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. dba Sunrise of Oakland.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,710
- 8 CCR 3249, Cold Storage, Processing, and Manufacturing Rooms: 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,710
- 8 CCR 2473.1, Conductors Entering Boxes, Cabinets, or Fittings: 2 citations, $425
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $375
Local pages: Huntington Beach employment lawyer, Oakland 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 Sunrise Senior Living
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.