Essex Property Trust Inc safety record at a glance
Essex Property Trust Inc has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 13, 2000 and Apr 23, 2025. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $22,900 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,625. The largest single penalty, $5,975, came from an inspection opened Jul 13, 2000 in Newport Beach. That places the employer at #15,575 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Finance and Insurance. Worksites in Oakland, Los Angeles, Richmond, Newport Beach, Ventura.
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Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2025 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $2,250 | $2,250 | open |
| Feb 4, 2013 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,400 | $1,400 | May 10, 2013 |
| Jul 23, 2010 | Richmond | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 21, 2011 |
| Oct 3, 2002 | Newport Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 7, 2002 |
| Apr 2, 2002 | Ventura | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 29, 2002 |
| Jul 13, 2000 | Newport Beach | Complaint | 13 citations 4 serious | $19,250 | $5,975 | Aug 9, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Essex Property Trust Inc.; Essex Property Trust, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 12 citations, 4 serious, $4,005
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $2,250
- 8 CCR 341.9: 1 citation, $2,250
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 341.6: 1 citation
Local pages: Oakland employment lawyer, Los Angeles employment lawyer, Richmond 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 Essex Property Trust 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.