United Rentals (North America), Inc. safety record at a glance
United Rentals (North America), Inc. has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 2, 2016 and Jun 5, 2024. 5 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $118,095 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $94,895. The largest single penalty, $23,825, came from an inspection opened Nov 28, 2018 in Chula Vista. That places the employer at #486 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Construction. Worksites in San Diego, Huntington Beach, Benicia, Hayward, Montebello, Chula Vista, Oakland, Salinas.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2024 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $13,500 | open |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Huntington Beach | Fatality or catastrophe | no inspection made | $0 | Dec 20, 2023 |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,750 | open |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Hayward | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| Dec 5, 2018 | Montebello | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 24, 2019 |
| Nov 28, 2018 | Chula Vista | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $23,825 $30,125 proposed | Jan 17, 2020 |
| May 11, 2018 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Oct 17, 2018 |
| Feb 14, 2018 | Salinas | Accident | 3 citations | $20,400 $32,800 proposed | Apr 20, 2020 |
| Jun 2, 2016 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,420 $22,920 proposed | Sep 5, 2017 |
Also recorded as: United Rentals (North America), Inc; United Rentals North America, Inc.; United Rentals (North America) Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $11,575
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,420
- 8 CCR 2946, Provisions for Preventing Accidents Due to Proximity to Overhead Lines: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 3638, Equipment Instructions and Marking: 1 citation, $10,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $400
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego employment lawyer, Huntington Beach 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. 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 United Rentals (North America), 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.