Ahern Rentals, Inc. safety record at a glance
Ahern Rentals, Inc. has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 3, 2003 and Jun 15, 2022. 10 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 28 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $48,085 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $31,860. The largest single penalty, $24,750, came from an inspection opened May 20, 2008 in Fremont. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,200 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: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Construction. Worksites in Bishop, Carlsbad, South San Francisco, San Francisco, La Mirada, San Jose, Fontana, Bloomington.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2022 | Bishop | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 20, 2022 |
| May 6, 2022 | Carlsbad | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 14, 2022 |
| Aug 31, 2017 | South San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2017 |
| May 13, 2016 | San Francisco | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $750 | $500 | Sep 11, 2019 |
| Nov 24, 2015 | La Mirada | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 9, 2019 |
| Jun 23, 2015 | San Jose | Accident | 1 citation | $1,350 | $700 | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Jun 17, 2011 | Fontana | Accident | 2 citations | $1,125 | $450 | Mar 8, 2012 |
| Jun 10, 2011 | Bloomington | Accident | 3 citations | $1,875 | $1,050 | Mar 8, 2012 |
| Feb 15, 2011 | Fremont | Complaint | 8 citations | $3,360 | $2,400 | Jun 18, 2011 |
| Sep 15, 2010 | Brea | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 4, 2011 |
| May 20, 2008 | Fremont | Accident | 9 citations 1 serious | $28,615 | $24,750 | Feb 2, 2011 |
| Mar 26, 2008 | Lodi | Programmed related | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Nov 23, 2009 |
| Apr 27, 2006 | Vacaville | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Dec 29, 2009 |
| Jul 21, 2005 | Brisbane | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 25, 2006 |
| Mar 9, 2005 | Richmond | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 17, 2006 |
| Oct 6, 2004 | Chatsworth | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $500 | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Apr 3, 2003 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $500 | Sep 13, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Ahern Rentals; Ahern Rentals Inc; Ahern Rentals, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $1,900
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $5,500
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,750
- 8 CCR 3640: 2 citations, $1,010
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $500
- 8 CCR 5449: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Carlsbad 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 Ahern Rentals, 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.