Hess Contracting Inc safety record at a glance
Hess Contracting Inc has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 10, 2007 and Mar 17, 2026. 7 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 34 in all: 15 serious. Inspectors proposed $158,060 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $111,130. The largest single penalty, $73,230, came from an inspection opened Jun 28, 2023 in La Jolla. That places the employer at #356 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Carlsbad, Coronado, La Jolla, San Diego, Solana Beach.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2026 | Carlsbad | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Coronado | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 28, 2023 | La Jolla | Accident | 7 citations 4 serious | $73,230 | $73,230 | open |
| Apr 24, 2023 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $275 | $275 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Jul 24, 2019 | San Diego | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 20, 2019 |
| Aug 21, 2018 | La Jolla | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $34,360 | $20,980 | Jan 26, 2024 |
| Jul 19, 2018 | La Jolla | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 21, 2018 |
| Jun 14, 2017 | Solana Beach | Planned | 4 citations | $1,695 | $750 | Oct 16, 2017 |
| Dec 6, 2016 | San Diego | Accident | 6 citations | $6,500 | $3,100 | Mar 15, 2017 |
| Oct 25, 2016 | San Diego | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,260 | $2,475 | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Aug 11, 2010 | Coronado | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | $7,085 | $1,485 | Jul 19, 2011 |
| May 31, 2007 | San Diego | Complaint | 7 citations 6 serious | $31,655 | $8,835 | Mar 16, 2009 |
| Jan 10, 2007 | San Diego | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 11, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Hess Contracting; Hess Contracting Incorporated; Hess Contracting Inc.; Hess Contracting, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 5 citations, $1,595
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 4 citations, 1 serious, $15,055
- 8 CCR 1637, Scaffold planking: 4 citations, 4 serious, $8,350
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $860
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 2 citations, 2 serious, $36,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,225
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $4,250
- 8 CCR 2500.25: 2 citations, $525
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Carlsbad 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 Hess Contracting 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.