The Hertz Corporation safety record at a glance
The Hertz Corporation has been the subject of 26 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 3, 2000 and Feb 13, 2026. 22 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 27 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $42,110 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $34,835. The largest single penalty, $23,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 13, 2026 in Sacramento. That places the employer at #2,765 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Sacramento, Palm Springs, Fresno, Ontario, Los Angeles, Hayward, Santa Ana, Newport Beach.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | Sacramento | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | $23,000 | open |
| Aug 5, 2022 | Palm Springs | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2022 |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 19, 2023 |
| Jun 27, 2016 | Ontario | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,680 | $1,680 | Mar 9, 2017 |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Aug 16, 2017 |
| Oct 3, 2014 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 17, 2015 |
| Oct 3, 2014 | Hayward | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 17, 2015 |
| Apr 24, 2013 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 13, 2013 |
| May 3, 2012 | Santa Ana | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Aug 15, 2012 |
| May 16, 2011 | Newport Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2011 |
| Nov 12, 2010 | Folsom | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Mar 4, 2011 |
| Jun 24, 2010 | Shingle Springs | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 29, 2010 |
| Apr 22, 2009 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 19, 2009 |
| Apr 22, 2009 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 15, 2009 |
| Oct 29, 2008 | San Leandro | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 10, 2008 |
| Dec 19, 2007 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 | $370 | Jan 16, 2008 |
| Dec 7, 2005 | Monterey | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2006 |
| Jul 18, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 14, 2005 |
| Jan 27, 2004 | Burbank | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 30, 2004 |
| Apr 17, 2002 | San Leandro | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 20, 2002 |
| Dec 14, 2001 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2001 |
| Jun 12, 2001 | Burlingame | Complaint | 8 citations | $9,000 | $1,800 | Oct 31, 2003 |
| Apr 18, 2001 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $300 | Sep 10, 2001 |
| Oct 20, 2000 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 20, 2000 |
| Jun 8, 2000 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Apr 3, 2000 | Burlingame | Complaint | 6 citations 2 serious | $6,000 | $6,000 | Jun 7, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Hertz; Hertz Corporation; Hertz Corp; The Hertz Company; The Hertz Corporation dba Hertz Local Edition; The Hertz Corporation dba Hertz Car Sales.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, $1,420
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $710
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $580
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 2 citations, $335
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer, Fresno 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 The Hertz Corporation
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.