Huerta's Tree Service & Development, Inc. safety record at a glance
Huerta's Tree Service & Development, Inc. has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 18, 2015 and Apr 3, 2025. 3 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 17 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $92,980 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $87,760. The largest single penalty, $55,200, came from an inspection opened Sep 7, 2022 in Woodside. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #570 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Ben Lomond, Woodside, Boulder Creek, Saratoga.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2025 | Ben Lomond | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $14,725 | open |
| Sep 7, 2022 | Woodside | Fatality or catastrophe | death 7 citations 3 serious | $55,200 | open |
| Oct 26, 2020 | Boulder Creek | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $13,270 $14,620 proposed | Oct 14, 2024 |
| Sep 18, 2015 | Saratoga | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $4,565 $8,435 proposed | Mar 13, 2017 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 9 citations, 2 serious, $34,145
- 8 CCR 3427, Safe Work Procedures: 4 citations, 4 serious, $31,455
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $280
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $21,600
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $280
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. 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Huerta's Tree Service & Development, 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 4, 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.