Wright Tree Service of the West, Inc. safety record at a glance
Wright Tree Service of the West, Inc. has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 31, 2015 and Nov 7, 2025. 7 of them were accident inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $132,970 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $101,700. The largest single penalty, $22,500, came from an inspection opened Nov 7, 2025 in Mad River. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #426 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Mad River, Redding, Modesto, Carmichael, Kelseyville, Los Molinos, Sacramento, Trinidad.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2025 | Mad River | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | open |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Redding | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $10,000 | open |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Modesto | Planned | no citations | $0 | Oct 9, 2024 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | Modesto | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jul 22, 2024 |
| May 25, 2023 | Carmichael | Accident | 1 citation | $3,500 $5,000 proposed | Dec 26, 2024 |
| May 23, 2023 | Carmichael | Referral | 1 citation | $3,000 $7,650 proposed | Dec 16, 2024 |
| Jul 29, 2020 | Redding | Accident | 3 citations | $9,000 $17,805 proposed | Dec 21, 2021 |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Kelseyville | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Sep 9, 2024 |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Los Molinos | Referral | 1 citation | $0 $315 proposed | Jun 23, 2021 |
| Feb 7, 2019 | Modesto | Referral | no citations | $0 | Feb 8, 2019 |
| Aug 23, 2017 | Sacramento | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations 1 serious | $18,500 $26,500 proposed | Jun 19, 2023 |
| Jan 10, 2017 | Trinidad | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 19, 2017 |
| Aug 3, 2016 | Herald | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $17,200 $25,200 proposed | Oct 21, 2016 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | Hoopa | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Jun 7, 2017 |
Also recorded as: Wright Tree Service of the West Inc.; Wright Tree Service of the West, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3427, Safe Work Procedures: 9 citations, 3 serious, $58,700
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,850
- 8 CCR 3423, Electrical Hazards, General: 2 citations, 1 serious, $17,650
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,500
- 8 CCR 3424, Mobile Equipment: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation
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 Wright Tree Service of the West, 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.