City record, Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections

Happy Camp Cal/OSHA Inspections

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Every Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspection of employers in Happy Camp since 2000: 20 inspections, 22 citations, $26,745 in penalties, newest first.

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.

Cal/OSHA inspections in Happy Camp at a glance

Employers in Happy Camp account for 20 Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections since 2000, 10 of which produced citations (50%): 22 citations, 9 serious, $26,745 in penalties after appeals, and 7 worker deaths investigated. In the last 12 months 1 inspections opened. The industries inspected most here are Construction (5), Public Administration (5), (4).

All inspections, newest first

20 inspections. Click a date for the citations.

EmployerOpenedWhyResultPenalty
County of SiskiyouDec 10, 2025Accident2 citations$1,750
U.S.D.A - Forest Service - Klamath National ForestJun 6, 2023Plannedno citations0
U.S.D.A - Forest Service - Klamath National ForestJun 6, 2023Planned3 citations 1 serious 2 repeat0
ABC LoggingJan 18, 2021Fatality or catastrophedeath no citations0
U.S.D.A - Forest Service - Klamath National ForestJun 2, 2020Planned5 citations 5 serious0
Mike Peters, Inc.Oct 10, 2018Complaintno citations0
Utility Tree Service IncSep 14, 2018Accident1 citation 1 serious$18,000
Klamath Kingfisher, Inc.Aug 1, 2017Complaint2 citations$330
CA TransportationApr 24, 2013Accident2 deaths 1 citation$280
Pacific PowerJan 4, 2012Accidentno citations0
CA TransportationJan 11, 2011Accidentno citations0
Big J Construction IncSep 30, 2010Complaint2 citations 1 serious$4,610
Summitt Forests IncOct 6, 2009Accidentno citations0
U.S. Forest Service Klamath National ForestJul 29, 2008Accidentdeath 3 citations 1 serious 1 willful0
East Pierce Fire & RescueJul 27, 2008Accidentdeath no citations0
Hays & Sons ConstrJul 22, 2008Complaintno citations0
Hayes & Sons IncSep 7, 2001Accidentdeath 1 citation$175
Foster ConstructionAug 22, 2001Accidentdeath 2 citations$1,600
J R Driskell's Trucking & BackhoeAug 22, 2001Unprogrammed relatedno citations0
Mark Thomas LoggingAug 22, 2001Unprogrammed relatedno inspection made0

Largest penalties in Happy Camp

EmployerInspectionsCitationsPenaltiesDeathsLatest
Utility Tree Service Inc11$18,0000Sep 14, 2018
Big J Construction Inc12$4,6100Sep 30, 2010
County of Siskiyou12$1,7500Dec 10, 2025
Foster Construction12$1,6001Aug 22, 2001
Klamath Kingfisher, Inc.12$3300Aug 1, 2017
CA Transportation21$2802Apr 24, 2013
Hayes & Sons Inc11$1751Sep 7, 2001
U.S.D.A - Forest Service - Klamath National Forest38$00Jun 6, 2023
U.S. Forest Service Klamath National Forest13$01Jul 29, 2008
Mike Peters, Inc.10$00Oct 10, 2018
Pacific Power10$00Jan 4, 2012
Summitt Forests Inc10$00Oct 6, 2009
Hays & Sons Constr10$00Jul 22, 2008
ABC Logging10$01Jan 18, 2021
Mark Thomas Logging10$00Aug 22, 2001
East Pierce Fire & Rescue10$01Jul 27, 2008
J R Driskell's Trucking & Backhoe10$00Aug 22, 2001

Rules cited most in Happy Camp

By year opened

YearInspectionsWith citationsCitationsPenaltiesDeaths
2025112$1,7500
2023213$00
2021100$01
2020115$00
2018211$18,0000
2017112$3300
2013111$2802
2012100$00
2011100$00
2010112$4,6100
2009100$00
2008313$02
2001423$1,7752

Your rights when the hazard is real in Happy Camp

You can report it, and the employer may not touch you for it. Any worker can file a confidential complaint with the nearest Cal/OSHA district office, by phone, online or in writing, and can ask that the employer not be told who complained. Firing, demoting, cutting hours, threatening or otherwise punishing a worker for a safety complaint, for reporting an injury, for testifying or for asking for a Cal/OSHA inspection is unlawful retaliation under Labor Code 6310; a complaint to the Labor Commissioner's Retaliation Complaint Investigation unit must be filed within one year, and a civil lawsuit is also available.

You can refuse work that would violate a safety standard and create a real and apparent hazard to you or your coworkers, and the employer may not retaliate for that refusal (Labor Code 6311). Say why in writing if you can, name the rule or the hazard, and keep a copy.

Every employer must have a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (Title 8, section 3203), train workers on the hazards of their jobs, provide protective equipment at no cost, and give workers access to the exposure and medical records that concern them. Outdoor workplaces need a heat illness plan with water, shade and rest (section 3395); indoor ones above 82 degrees need the indoor rule (section 3396); and since July 2024 nearly every employer needs a workplace violence prevention plan (Labor Code 6401.9).

An injury itself is a workers' compensation claim, handled separately from anything on this page. What this firm handles is the employment side: the retaliation, the firing after the injury report, the wage and hour problems that usually travel with an unsafe workplace. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections opened through Oct 27, 2026. County is assigned from the worksite ZIP code. 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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