Vca Animal Hospitals, Inc. safety record at a glance
Vca Animal Hospitals, Inc. has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 25, 2009 and May 8, 2026. 8 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $44,935 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $31,935. The largest single penalty, $14,800, came from an inspection opened Jan 29, 2024 in Sacramento. That places the employer at #3,188 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in San Pablo, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Glendale, Walnut Creek, South Pasadena, Woodland Hills.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | San Pablo | Accident | 2 citations | $5,750 | $5,750 | open |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $14,800 | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Feb 13, 2023 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $935 | $935 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Glendale | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $2,000 | open |
| Dec 22, 2021 | Walnut Creek | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 20, 2022 |
| Aug 13, 2020 | South Pasadena | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $450 | Nov 10, 2021 |
| Nov 25, 2009 | Woodland Hills | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 8, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Vca Animal Hospitals Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 4 citations, $15,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $16,000
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, $935
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Los Angeles employment lawyer, Sacramento 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 Vca Animal Hospitals, Inc.
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.