The Davey Tree Expert Company safety record at a glance
The Davey Tree Expert Company has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 16, 2002 and Mar 16, 2026. 11 of them were accident inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $130,505 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $39,845. The largest single penalty, $10,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 15, 2020 in Los Altos. That places the employer at #2,239 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Palo Alto, Sacramento, Los Altos, Redwood City, San Diego, Fair Oaks, Campbell, Shasta.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2026 | Palo Alto | Complaint | 3 citations 2 serious | $7,500 | open |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Sacramento | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Dec 7, 2020 | Palo Alto | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 28, 2021 |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Los Altos | Accident | 1 citation | $10,000 $18,000 proposed | Oct 3, 2022 |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Redwood City | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Mar 19, 2019 |
| Aug 7, 2017 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations | $3,475 $18,475 proposed | Apr 10, 2020 |
| Feb 28, 2017 | Fair Oaks | Planned | no citations | $0 | May 22, 2017 |
| Dec 16, 2016 | Campbell | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jan 27, 2017 |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Shasta | Accident | 1 citation | $420 | May 1, 2017 |
| Sep 6, 2016 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Aug 24, 2016 | Walnut Creek | Planned | 1 citation | $85 $125 proposed | Nov 16, 2017 |
| Jan 22, 2016 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Mar 13, 2015 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,400 $22,500 proposed | Nov 29, 2016 |
| Jan 8, 2015 | Santee | Referral | 2 citations | $615 $1,025 proposed | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Apr 24, 2013 | Pacifi | Programmed related | 2 citations | $4,050 $4,160 proposed | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Apr 13, 2009 | Richmond | Accident | 1 citation | $0 $5,000 proposed | Aug 31, 2009 |
| Dec 14, 2005 | San Francisco | Referral | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 | Dec 22, 2005 |
| May 16, 2005 | Greenfield | Accident | 1 citation | $3,000 $5,000 proposed | Aug 1, 2007 |
| Jan 6, 2005 | Brisbane | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 12, 2006 |
| Mar 15, 2004 | Cottonwood | Accident | 1 citation | $2,000 $45,000 proposed | Mar 3, 2008 |
| Jul 16, 2002 | Rohnert Park | Complaint | 2 citations | $600 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: The Davey Tree Expert CO.; The Davey Tree Expert CO. dba Davey Tree Surgery C; Davey Tree Expert CO.; The Davey Tree Expert.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, $1,475
- 8 CCR 3427, Safe Work Procedures: 2 citations, 1 serious, $15,400
- 8 CCR 3648, Operating Instructions (Aerial Devices): 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,900
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,600
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 1 citation, $2,000
Accidents investigated
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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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at The Davey Tree Expert Company
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.