McGuire and Hester safety record at a glance
McGuire and Hester has been the subject of 25 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 21, 2003 and Jan 23, 2026. 11 of them were planned inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $19,365 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $16,065. The largest single penalty, $8,995, came from an inspection opened Nov 27, 2017 in Oakland. That places the employer at #9,496 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Chico, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Ramon, Grass Valley, Foster City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2026 | Chico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 14, 2026 |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Santa Cruz | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Nov 18, 2024 |
| May 8, 2023 | Sacramento | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 7, 2025 |
| Apr 21, 2021 | San Francisco | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Apr 21, 2021 |
| Nov 27, 2017 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations | $8,995 | $8,995 | Apr 20, 2020 |
| Aug 14, 2017 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $2,000 | Nov 16, 2018 |
| Nov 19, 2015 | San Francisco | Planned | 3 citations | $4,510 | $4,510 | Feb 10, 2016 |
| Feb 19, 2015 | San Ramon | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 16, 2015 |
| Jul 2, 2014 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 6, 2014 |
| Jun 18, 2013 | Grass Valley | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2013 |
| Aug 2, 2012 | Foster City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 21, 2012 |
| Feb 2, 2012 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 12, 2012 |
| Apr 20, 2011 | San Mateo | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | 0 | Nov 29, 2011 |
| Sep 22, 2009 | Oroville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 1, 2009 |
| Sep 22, 2009 | San Francisco | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 7, 2009 |
| Jun 1, 2009 | Elk Grove | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 5, 2010 |
| Dec 12, 2008 | Modesto | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Dec 4, 2008 | Modesto | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 4, 2008 |
| Aug 30, 2007 | Walnut Creek | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2007 |
| Nov 23, 2005 | Newark | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 22, 2007 |
| Oct 11, 2005 | Rocklin | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 7, 2005 |
| Mar 12, 2004 | Rocklin | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 29, 2006 |
| Nov 25, 2003 | Union City | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Dec 23, 2003 |
| May 21, 2003 | Oakland | Programmed other | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 7, 2003 |
Also recorded as: McGuire & Hester, Inc; McGuire & Hester Inc; McGuire & Hester.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1926.200: 2 citations, $2,754
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation, $8,435
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 1926.600: 1 citation, $1,756
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Chico employment lawyer, Oakland 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 McGuire and Hester
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.