Vance Brown, Inc. safety record at a glance
Vance Brown, Inc. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 31, 2000 and Apr 17, 2015. 5 of them were planned inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $9,240 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,990. The largest single penalty, $4,400, came from an inspection opened May 31, 2000 in Mountain View. That places the employer at #21,594 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Palo Alto, Redwood City, Stanford, Berkeley, Mountain View.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2015 | Palo Alto | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2015 |
| Dec 2, 2014 | Redwood City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 8, 2015 |
| Sep 11, 2012 | Stanford | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Sep 29, 2012 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Berkeley | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Dec 9, 2009 | Palo Alto | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 25, 2010 |
| Oct 22, 2008 | Palo Alto | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 22, 2008 |
| Aug 20, 2008 | Stanford | Complaint | 2 citations | $840 | $840 | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Feb 19, 2008 | Stanford | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 20, 2008 |
| Jan 18, 2008 | Palo Alto | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 18, 2008 |
| Jun 27, 2000 | Mountain View | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2000 |
| May 31, 2000 | Mountain View | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,650 | $4,400 | Jun 18, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Vance Brown; Vance Brown Inc; Vance Brown Inc. dba Vance Brown Builders.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1632, Floor, roof and wall openings: 2 citations, $1,020
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,800
- 8 CCR 341: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1712: 1 citation, $420
Accidents investigated
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Vance Brown, Inc.
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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.