Circle M Contractors, Inc. safety record at a glance
Circle M Contractors, Inc. has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 15, 2011 and Jan 22, 2026. 16 of them were accident inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $225,785 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $49,865. The largest single penalty, $15,750, came from an inspection opened Oct 20, 2025 in Solana Beach. That places the employer at #1,494 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Irvine, Solana Beach, Chula Vista, Newport Beach, San Diego, San Marcos, Escondido, Vista.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Irvine | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $13,500 | $13,500 | open |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Solana Beach | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $15,750 | $15,750 | open |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Chula Vista | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Newport Beach | Accident | 2 citations | $1,050 | $1,050 | open |
| Aug 17, 2023 | San Diego | Referral | 1 citation | $1,350 | $1,350 | May 8, 2026 |
| Aug 15, 2023 | San Marcos | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 11, 2023 |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Escondido | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 9, 2022 |
| Jul 28, 2022 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 21, 2022 |
| Jul 11, 2019 | Vista | Accident | 2 citations | $935 | $935 | Dec 18, 2020 |
| Jun 10, 2019 | Ladera Ranch | Accident | 2 citations | $23,625 | $1,400 | Oct 19, 2022 |
| May 3, 2018 | Escondido | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2018 |
| Apr 24, 2018 | Lake Forest | Accident | 1 citation | $112,500 | $935 | Mar 14, 2022 |
| Dec 11, 2015 | Irvine | Accident | 2 citations | $23,735 | $1,910 | May 23, 2018 |
| Sep 9, 2015 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Feb 26, 2019 |
| Mar 3, 2015 | San Diego | Accident | 3 citations | $1,495 | $750 | Jun 5, 2017 |
| Dec 4, 2014 | Brea | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 4, 2014 |
| Apr 29, 2014 | San Marcos | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $15,320 | $5,060 | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Oct 17, 2013 | Irvine | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,810 | $5,700 | open |
| Jun 10, 2013 | San Diego | Accident | 6 citations | $1,755 | $725 | Jul 1, 2015 |
| Mar 21, 2013 | Chino Hills | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2013 |
| Jun 15, 2011 | Encinitas | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,360 | $200 | Nov 5, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Circle M Contractors Inc; Circle M. Contractors Inc; Circle M Contractors; Circle M Contractors Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 6 citations, 1 serious, $17,515
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 6 citations, $2,600
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 3 citations, $1,300
- 8 CCR 1704: 2 citations, $1,535
- 8 CCR 2500.25: 2 citations, $925
- 8 CCR 1626, Scaffolds: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 1671.2: 1 citation, 1 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 1712: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Irvine employment lawyer, Chula Vista 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 Circle M Contractors, 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.