Vivint Solar Inc. safety record at a glance
Vivint Solar Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 5, 2015 and Apr 2, 2021. 6 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $49,290 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $31,590. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Mar 17, 2020 in American Canyon. That places the employer at #3,237 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Utilities; Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Coachella, Stockton, Bakersfield, Irvine, American Canyon, Chino, Visalia, Castro Valley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2021 | Coachella | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $8,625 | Jan 17, 2023 |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Stockton | Accident | 2 citations | $1,600 | open |
| Aug 18, 2020 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation | $280 | Aug 13, 2021 |
| Jul 15, 2020 | Irvine | Accident | 5 citations | $2,100 $19,100 proposed | open |
| Mar 17, 2020 | American Canyon | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,000 $18,700 proposed | Apr 29, 2024 |
| May 7, 2018 | Chino | Accident | 1 citation | $800 | Dec 11, 2018 |
| Mar 16, 2016 | Visalia | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | Jul 27, 2016 |
| May 5, 2015 | Castro Valley | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | May 6, 2015 |
Also recorded as: Vivint Solar; Vivint Solar, Inc.; Vivint Solar, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 4 citations, 2 serious, $25,250
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $1,150
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $1,800
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 2 citations, $1,600
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 2 citations, $480
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 1526, Toilets at Construction Jobsites: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer, Bakersfield 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 Vivint Solar 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 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.