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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: 72 inspections, 232 citations and $0 in penalties, 2 deaths investigated, latest opened Feb 19, 2025.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs safety record at a glance

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been the subject of 72 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 22, 2011 and Feb 19, 2025. 42 of them were planned inspections. 52 of them produced citations, 232 in all: 136 serious, 52 repeat. Inspectors proposed $0 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $0. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #86,334 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration); Health Care and Social Assistance; Public Administration. Worksites in Arvin, Los Angeles, Mather, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Oakland, Benicia, Dixon.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
Feb 19, 2025ArvinPlanned1 citation 1 repeat00Apr 21, 2025
Dec 3, 2024Los AngelesPlanned5 citations 3 serious00Feb 12, 2025
Dec 3, 2024Los AngelesPlanned1 citation00Feb 12, 2025
Dec 12, 2023MatherPlanned7 citations 2 serious00Feb 6, 2024
Dec 5, 2023Palo AltoPlanned2 citations00Jan 17, 2024
Jul 5, 2023San FranciscoComplaint2 citations00Oct 16, 2023
Feb 9, 2023OaklandComplaintno citations00Mar 20, 2023
Jan 19, 2023BeniciaPlannedno citations00Feb 1, 2023
Nov 17, 2022DixonPlanned2 citations 1 serious00Jan 26, 2023
Oct 26, 2022MatherComplaint1 citation 1 repeat00Jan 5, 2023
Jun 9, 2022Palo AltoPlannedno citations00Jun 9, 2022
Jun 1, 2022San DiegoPlanned3 citations 2 serious00Jul 11, 2022
May 18, 2022San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Jul 8, 2022
Jun 2, 2021San FranciscoFatality or catastrophedeath 3 citations 2 serious00Sep 28, 2021
May 17, 2021San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Jul 27, 2021
Apr 23, 2021DixonPlanned1 citation00Jul 1, 2021
Nov 6, 2020San FranciscoReferral4 citations 2 serious00Jul 2, 2021
Oct 8, 2020MartinezComplaintno citations00Feb 17, 2021
Feb 20, 2020LivermorePlannedno citations00Mar 2, 2020
Jan 13, 2020McClellanComplaint1 citation00Mar 20, 2020
Oct 11, 2019San FranciscoComplaint1 citation 1 serious00Nov 22, 2019
Oct 10, 2019San FranciscoComplaint1 citation 1 serious00Nov 22, 2019
May 20, 2019Santa MariaPlannedno citations00Jul 26, 2019
May 1, 2019Los AngelesUnprogrammed relatedno citations00May 1, 2019
Jan 31, 2019EscondidoPlanned1 citation00Mar 18, 2019
Jan 15, 2019Loma LindaComplaint2 citations00Apr 9, 2019
Dec 20, 2018VallejoPlannedno citations00Jan 9, 2019
Dec 10, 2018MartinezPlanned4 citations 3 serious00Feb 8, 2019
Nov 8, 2018MatherPlanned3 citations 1 serious00Feb 8, 2019
Oct 17, 2018OaklandComplaint1 citation 1 serious00Jan 25, 2019
Oct 3, 2018San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Oct 19, 2018
Sep 17, 2018Los AngelesComplaint2 citations 2 serious00Dec 4, 2018
Apr 10, 2018San FranciscoPlanned2 citations 2 repeat00Aug 7, 2018
Apr 10, 2018San FranciscoComplaintno citations00Jul 12, 2018
Mar 13, 2018San FranciscoFatality or catastrophedeath 2 citations 1 serious00Jan 9, 2019
Feb 28, 2018Long BeachPlanned6 citations 1 serious 5 repeat00Sep 6, 2018
Feb 26, 2018Los AngelesPlanned5 citations 5 repeat00Sep 7, 2018
Aug 2, 2016Loma LindaPlanned10 citations 3 serious 6 repeat00Jan 10, 2017
Aug 2, 2016Loma LindaPlanned2 citations 1 serious00Dec 20, 2016
Apr 14, 2016Palo AltoComplaint1 citation 1 repeat00Aug 8, 2016
Jul 1, 2015FresnoPlanned5 citations 1 serious 3 repeat00Aug 6, 2015
Jun 16, 2015Palo AltoComplaintno citations00Jun 30, 2015
Apr 1, 2015McClellanPlanned2 citations 1 repeat00May 11, 2015
Mar 19, 2015MatherPlanned3 citations 1 serious 2 repeat00May 11, 2015
Mar 18, 2015OaklandPlanned1 citation 1 serious00May 22, 2015
Mar 17, 2015Travis AfbPlannedno citations00Apr 3, 2015
Mar 17, 2015VallejoPlanned1 citation 1 serious00May 22, 2015
Mar 16, 2015MartinezPlannedno citations00Apr 3, 2015
Dec 5, 2013Palo AltoComplaintno citations00Jan 27, 2014
Oct 21, 2013Palo AltoComplaintno citations00Nov 8, 2013
Aug 13, 2013LivermoreComplaintno citations00Aug 30, 2013
Aug 1, 2013Loma LindaProgrammed related10 citations 10 serious00Dec 12, 2013
Jul 16, 2013Loma LindaPlanned14 citations 14 serious00Oct 29, 2013
Jun 5, 2013San DiegoReferralno citations00Aug 30, 2013
Dec 5, 2012San JosePlanned2 citations 2 repeat00Apr 24, 2013
Dec 5, 2012SeasidePlanned3 citations 2 serious 1 repeat00Apr 22, 2013
Nov 20, 2012LivermorePlanned7 citations 5 serious 2 repeat00May 31, 2013
Nov 8, 2012Menlo ParkProgrammed related1 citation 1 serious00Aug 19, 2013
Nov 7, 2012Menlo ParkPlanned10 citations 5 serious 5 repeat00May 31, 2013
Nov 6, 2012Los AngelesProgrammed related10 citations 9 serious00Mar 19, 2013
Nov 6, 2012Los AngelesProgrammed related6 citations 6 serious00Mar 19, 2013
Oct 16, 2012Palo AltoProgrammed related1 citation 1 serious00Aug 30, 2013
Oct 10, 2012Palo AltoPlanned22 citations 16 serious 6 repeat00May 31, 2013
Jul 10, 2012FresnoPlanned8 citations 5 serious00Nov 2, 2012
Jul 10, 2012FresnoPlanned10 citations 5 serious 4 repeat00Jan 29, 2013
Jun 20, 2012San DiegoProgrammed related7 citations 6 serious 1 repeat00Aug 6, 2012
Mar 13, 2012San DiegoPlanned8 citations 4 serious 3 repeat00May 22, 2012
Dec 12, 2011MatherPlanned11 citations 6 serious00Jul 22, 2013
Dec 5, 2011Travis AfbPlanned1 citation00Jun 18, 2012
Dec 1, 2011OaklandPlanned2 citations 2 serious00Jun 14, 2012
Dec 1, 2011OaklandPlannedno citations00Jan 23, 2012
Nov 22, 2011MartinezPlanned11 citations 8 serious 1 repeat00Jul 22, 2013

Also recorded as: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Palo Alto Health Care System; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans Canteen Service; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Los Angeles National Cemetery; US Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Hosp Loma Linda; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Loma Linda Healthcare System; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Northern California Health Care System - Mather Division; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Northern California Health Care System; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Tibor Rubin VA Long Beach Medical Center; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - San Francisco Medical Center; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Santa Maria VA Clinic.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Jun 1, 2021, San Francisco. Employee falls off flagpole base hitting head, later dies 1 death Inspection
Mar 9, 2018, San Francisco. Employee is shot and killed by resident 1 death Inspection

Local pages: Los Angeles 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 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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.

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