Headstart Nursery Inc safety record at a glance
Headstart Nursery Inc has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 6, 2006 and Jul 14, 2022. 5 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 22 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $88,215 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $45,575. The largest single penalty, $18,150, came from an inspection opened Feb 27, 2015 in Thermal. That places the employer at #1,769 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Castroville, Mec, Thermal, San Juan Bautista.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2022 | Castroville | Planned | 6 citations 1 serious | $5,250 | $3,300 | Dec 4, 2023 |
| Jul 27, 2015 | Mec | Planned | 5 citations | $675 | $675 | Feb 7, 2016 |
| Feb 27, 2015 | Thermal | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $38,250 | $18,150 | Mar 28, 2016 |
| Apr 4, 2012 | Mec | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,240 | $18,125 | Jun 20, 2013 |
| Dec 11, 2007 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | 2 citations | $800 | $375 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Jul 12, 2007 | Mec | Accident | 2 citations | $2,000 | $500 | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Jan 6, 2006 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | 2 citations | $23,000 | $4,450 | Oct 23, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Headstart Nursery Inc.; Headstart Nursery, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,025
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $650
- 8 CCR 3578: 2 citations, $435
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $4,000
- 8 CCR 2500.10: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, $300
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. 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Headstart Nursery 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.