Kitchell Contractors safety record at a glance
Kitchell Contractors has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 27, 2001 and Jun 19, 2023. 8 of them were planned inspections. 1 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $2,635 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $2,635. The largest single penalty, $2,635, came from an inspection opened Jun 19, 2023 in La Jolla. That places the employer at #35,875 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in La Jolla, Modesto, Folsom, Valley Center, Tuolumne, Blue Lake.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2023 | La Jolla | Unprogrammed related | 5 citations | $2,635 | $2,635 | open |
| Jun 24, 2010 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 12, 2010 |
| Aug 5, 2009 | Folsom | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 10, 2009 |
| Apr 22, 2009 | Folsom | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2009 |
| Jul 17, 2007 | Valley Center | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 17, 2007 |
| Mar 22, 2007 | Valley Center | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 22, 2007 |
| Sep 12, 2006 | Valley Center | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 12, 2006 |
| Jan 12, 2006 | Valley Center | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 12, 2006 |
| May 27, 2004 | Tuolumne | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 27, 2004 |
| Dec 16, 2003 | Tuolumne | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Apr 2, 2002 | Blue Lake | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 29, 2002 |
| Mar 27, 2001 | Tuolumne | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 27, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Kitchell Contractors, Inc.; Kitchell Contractors Inc; Kitchell Contractors Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1637, Scaffold planking: 1 citation, $615
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $615
- 8 CCR 1620: 1 citation, $615
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $515
- 8 CCR 1604.29: 1 citation, $275
Local pages: Modesto 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 Kitchell Contractors
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.