Helix Electric Inc safety record at a glance
Helix Electric Inc has been the subject of 24 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 23, 2000 and Jun 18, 2025. 7 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $33,150 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $15,625. The largest single penalty, $10,540, came from an inspection opened Jul 7, 2015 in San Jose. That places the employer at #9,851 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Oakland, Chico, Travis Afb, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Clara, San Jose.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2025 | Oakland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Chico | Programmed related | 1 citation | $750 | $600 | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Jun 12, 2024 | Travis Afb | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 9, 2024 |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Chico | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 27, 2023 |
| Aug 9, 2019 | San Francisco | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Aug 22, 2018 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $13,500 | $3,285 | Oct 26, 2021 |
| Aug 19, 2015 | San Diego | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 26, 2016 |
| Jul 29, 2015 | Santa Clara | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 2, 2015 |
| Jul 7, 2015 | San Jose | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $15,600 | $10,540 | Aug 15, 2016 |
| Jun 16, 2015 | Hercules | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 9, 2015 |
| May 14, 2015 | San Jose | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 1, 2015 |
| Aug 18, 2014 | San Diego | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 10, 2014 |
| Jul 21, 2014 | Redwood City | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 25, 2014 |
| Dec 12, 2012 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 22, 2013 |
| Jun 11, 2012 | Fremont | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Jun 22, 2013 |
| Aug 22, 2011 | Tehachapi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Jul 17, 2008 | San Jose | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 30, 2008 |
| May 4, 2007 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2007 |
| Sep 27, 2006 | Sacramento | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 20, 2006 |
| Apr 21, 2004 | Delano | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 19, 2006 |
| Dec 17, 2002 | San Carlos | Accident | 1 citation | $2,700 | $600 | Mar 28, 2009 |
| Aug 7, 2002 | Walnut Creek | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 4, 2002 |
| Jun 11, 2002 | Long Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Mar 23, 2000 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 8, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Helix Electric; Helix Electric, Inc.; Helix Electric Inc.; Helix Electric, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2320.1: 1 citation, $5,060
- 8 CCR 2320.3: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $3,285
- 8 CCR 1632, Floor, roof and wall openings: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 1629: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 1712: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 2320.2, Electrical, work on energized equipment: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland employment lawyer, Chico 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 Helix Electric 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.