Hawthorne Machinery CO safety record at a glance
Hawthorne Machinery CO has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 27, 2002 and Aug 31, 2017. 6 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 34 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $76,094 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $35,315. The largest single penalty, $20,000, came from an inspection opened Aug 31, 2017 in Chula Vista. That places the employer at #2,720 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration); Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Chula Vista, San Diego, Riverside, Indio, San Ysidro.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2017 | Chula Vista | Accident | 4 citations | $20,000 $39,875 proposed | Nov 13, 2018 |
| Jul 3, 2009 | San Diego | Complaint | 7 citations | $2,095 $5,380 proposed | Apr 21, 2010 |
| Oct 10, 2007 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 19, 2007 |
| Nov 9, 2005 | Riverside | Accident | 1 citation | $350 $850 proposed | Jul 24, 2008 |
| Dec 20, 2002 | Indio | Accident | 1 citation | $150 $300 proposed | May 8, 2003 |
| Sep 26, 2002 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $9,750 $25,210 proposed | Jan 13, 2009 |
| May 31, 2002 | San Ysidro | Accident | 1 citation | $200 | Apr 24, 2003 |
| Mar 27, 2002 | San Diego | Complaint | 18 citations | $2,770 $4,279 proposed | Apr 24, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Hawthorne Machinery Company; Hawthorne Machinery CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, $10,700
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 5 citations, $1,010
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 4 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $8,925
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $5,975
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 2340.17, Guarding of Energized Parts: 1 citation, $600
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Chula Vista employment lawyer, San Diego employment lawyer, Riverside 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. 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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Hawthorne Machinery CO
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.