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Hernandez Landscaping Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Hernandez Landscaping: 4 inspections, 5 citations and $1,330 in penalties, 2 deaths investigated, latest opened Jul 26, 2017.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

Hernandez Landscaping safety record at a glance

Hernandez Landscaping has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 13, 2010 and Jul 26, 2017. 4 of them were accident inspections. 1 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $12,130 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $1,330. The largest single penalty, $1,330, came from an inspection opened Sep 8, 2011 in Saratoga. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #47,239 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Palm Springs, San Clemente, Saratoga, Pasadena.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
Jul 26, 2017Palm SpringsAccidentno inspection made00Aug 4, 2017
Apr 6, 2013San ClementeAccidentdeath no inspection made00May 21, 2013
Sep 8, 2011SaratogaAccident5 citations 2 serious$12,130$1,330open
Feb 13, 2010PasadenaAccidentdeath no citations00Feb 25, 2010

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Sep 6, 2011, Saratoga. Employee Sustains Electric Shock While Cleaning Pond 1 hospitalized Inspection
Feb 13, 2010, Pasadena. Tree Trimmer Is Crushed and Asphyxiated by Palm Fronds 1 death Inspection
not stated, San Clemente. Accident investigation 1 death Inspection

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 Hernandez Landscaping

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.

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