Inspection record, Redwood City

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Redwood City Medical Center Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 14, 2020

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Complaint inspection in Redwood City: 4 citations, $23,250. One of 2 inspections on this employer's record.

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.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened a complaint inspection of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Redwood City Medical Center at 1100 Veterans BLVD, Redwood City (San Mateo County) on May 14, 2020. It was a partial inspection focused on health hazards. 5,000 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 4 citations (1 serious) and proposed $38,750 in penalties; the current total is $23,250. 4 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 2 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Feb 21, 2022. The employer has 1 other inspection on its California record.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 342(A), Reporting serious injuries and deaths General
Issued Nov 13, 2020. Proposed $5,000, current $3,750. 1 workers exposed. Contested Nov 25, 2020, final order Jan 7, 2022. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5199(G)(4), Aerosol transmissible diseases General
Issued Nov 13, 2020. Proposed $6,750, current $3,000. 26 workers exposed. Contested Nov 25, 2020, final order Jan 6, 2022. Abatement due Nov 30, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 5199(H)(6)(C), Aerosol transmissible diseases Serious
Issued Nov 13, 2020. Proposed $13,500, current $13,500. 20 workers exposed. Contested Nov 25, 2020, final order Jan 6, 2022. Abatement due Nov 30, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 5199(I), Aerosol transmissible diseases General
Issued Nov 13, 2020. Proposed $13,500, current $3,000. 100 workers exposed. Contested Nov 25, 2020, final order Jan 6, 2022. Abatement due Nov 30, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 4300.4(a) General deleted on appeal
Issued Nov 13, 2020. Proposed $375, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Nov 25, 2020, final order Jan 6, 2022. Abatement due Dec 11, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 5199(D)(1), Aerosol transmissible diseases General deleted on appeal
Issued Nov 13, 2020. Proposed $560, current $0. 26 workers exposed. Contested Nov 25, 2020, final order Jan 6, 2022. Read the rule.

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 344756051. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 344756051, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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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