San Jose, California · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220
7inspections
5citation items
$4,780current penalties
Feb 16, 2017last inspection
Since 1989, OSHA inspectors have visited Hensel Phelps in California 7 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Feb 16, 2017 as part of a related case, in Los Angeles.
In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 1 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $10,210; today they stand at $4,780, 53% less.
Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,079 penalty. Hensel Phelps averages $185 across 1 cited inspection.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Hensel Phelps also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Feb 8, 2017: Employee makes contact with energized duct and sustains burn
At 11:45 p.m. on February 8, 2017, Employee #1 was working on the LAX Airport Terminal 7 electrical power expansion project in the main electrical room number 1162. The employee needed to measure the vertical distance from an electrical bus duct, holding 480 volts, to the floor. He was using an eight foot A-frame ladder and a metal measuring tape. The control panel, 'NPD', for this particular electrical bus duct was locked out and tagged out by a coworker and the employer's foreman. Employee #1 was standing on the ladder, taking the distance measurement when the tape measure made contact with the exposed copper end of the bus duct which was energized, resulting in an arc flash. Employee#1 received first and second degree burns to his arms and face.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 340249606 OPENED JAN 27, 2015Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 500 employees at the site · Closed Jan 31, 2017
Incident on May 23, 2002 (fatal): Employee killed when pinned on scissor lift
At approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 23, 2002, Employee #1 was found unresponsive on an elevated scissor lift by a field engineer, apparently pinned between its r ailing and a sprinkler pipe on the second deck of an 8-floor parking garage. Whe n the lift was lowered, Employee #1 fell inside it. Efforts to revive him were u nsuccessful and he died. A coworker nearby when Employee #1 was found indicated that Employee #1 was working fast and would catch up. Equipment failure was rule d out as a causal factor. Training documentation indicated that Employee #1 had received training on the operation of the equipment.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 125566166 OPENED APR 23, 2002Closed
Complaint · Complete · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Aug 21, 2002
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the San Diego site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 108 workers: 0.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
4022204 - Ridgewalk North Living & Learning
San Diego · 2025
108
1
0
0.9
0.6
4022204 - Ridewalk North Living & Learning
San Diego · 2023
72
1
0
1.3
0.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Other commercial and institutional building construction employers in California
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