Columbia Helicopters, Inc. safety record at a glance
Columbia Helicopters, Inc. has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 31, 2000 and Feb 11, 2009. 7 of them were accident inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 2 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $50,000 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $18,600. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 14, 2004 in Carlotta. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #7,554 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Igo, Chester, Klamath, Fort Bragg, Carlotta, Rio Dell, Bridgeville.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2009 | Igo | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 12, 2009 |
| Jan 22, 2009 | Chester | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 12, 2009 |
| Dec 14, 2007 | Klamath | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 13, 2008 |
| Nov 3, 2006 | Fort Bragg | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 30, 2008 |
| Oct 14, 2004 | Carlotta | Accident | death 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 $25,000 proposed | Apr 25, 2007 |
| Jul 14, 2004 | Rio Dell | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Feb 22, 2007 |
| Aug 31, 2000 | Bridgeville | Accident | death 1 citation | $600 $25,000 proposed | Jan 8, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Columbia Helicopters Inc; Columbia Helicopters Inc.; Columbia Helicopters.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 6323: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 6281: 1 citation, $600
Accidents investigated
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Columbia Helicopters, Inc.
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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.