VA Medical Center - San Francisco safety record at a glance
VA Medical Center - San Francisco has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 20, 2000 and Apr 29, 2022. 8 of them were planned inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 42 in all: 33 serious. Inspectors proposed $0 in penalties, and that total stands. That places the employer at #86,334 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Other Services (except Public Administration); Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Livermore, Long Beach, San Diego, Palo Alto, Sacramento, Martinez.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022 | Los Angeles | Monitoring | no citations | $0 | May 31, 2022 |
| Jun 18, 2019 | San Francisco | Complaint | 3 citations 2 serious | $0 | Aug 9, 2019 |
| Dec 15, 2014 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 11 citations 11 serious | $0 | Mar 6, 2015 |
| Mar 12, 2014 | Livermore | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 22, 2014 |
| Sep 29, 2010 | Long Beach | Planned | 12 citations 9 serious | $0 | May 2, 2011 |
| Sep 24, 2009 | San Diego | Planned | no citations | $0 | Oct 13, 2009 |
| Oct 10, 2007 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 10, 2007 |
| Jul 10, 2007 | Palo Alto | Planned | 4 citations 3 serious | $0 | Jan 7, 2008 |
| May 22, 2007 | Sacramento | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $0 | Jul 11, 2007 |
| Dec 13, 2006 | Martinez | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 13, 2006 |
| Dec 5, 2006 | Livermore | Planned | 3 citations 3 serious | $0 | Mar 6, 2007 |
| Nov 17, 2006 | San Francisco | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | $0 | Dec 13, 2006 |
| Feb 18, 2004 | Palo Alto | Planned | no citations | $0 | Feb 24, 2004 |
| Feb 9, 2004 | San Diego | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | May 19, 2004 |
| Feb 1, 2000 | San Francisco | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Feb 1, 2000 |
| Jan 20, 2000 | San Francisco | Follow-up | 3 citations 1 serious | $0 | Apr 17, 2000 |
Also recorded as: VA Medical Center - Livermore; VA Medical Center - San Diego; VA Medical Center - Palo Alto; VA Medical Center - Martinez; VA Medical Center - Sacramento; VA Medical Center - Long Beach; VA Medical Center - Los Angeles; VA Medical Center - la.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1910.178, Powered industrial trucks: 5 citations, 3 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.1200, Hazard communication: 3 citations, 3 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.1030, Bloodborne pathogens: 3 citations, 3 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.305, Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use: 3 citations, 3 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.303, Electrical, general: 3 citations, 3 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.1048: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 1910.37, Maintenance, safeguards, and operational features for exit routes: 2 citations, 2 serious
- 8 CCR 1910.213, Woodworking machinery requirements: 2 citations, 2 serious
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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 VA Medical Center - San Francisco
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.