EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. is a commercial and institutional building construction employer in LAKE FOREST, CA. Federal records show 1 OSHA inspection with 3 violations and $66,000 in penalties. 1 workplace fatality investigation on record. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 3, 2026.
EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC.
GLENN RANCH RD. & VIEJO RIDGE, LAKE FOREST, CA, 92630
Parent: HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (1,322 locations)
236220 — Top companies in Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
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▶SEC Enforcement(4)
$78,779,070 totallast: 2023-09-22
SEC Enforcement(4)
SEC Litigation Releases filed against HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC— every public-company employer profile shows the parent's SEC enforcement history. Source: sec.gov/litigation/litreleases.
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Data aggregated from public federal enforcement and program records (OSHA, WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA) plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Employer profiles matched by name and location — matching errors may occur. Risk scores computed by FastDOL, not official government assessments. OSHA citations typically appear 3-8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Data provided as-is. Report a data error.
Part of a larger organization
EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. is one of 1,322 establishments in our dataset that roll up under the parent organization HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC. HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC is a SEC public reporter (HOV), with most recent reported revenue of $3.0B.
Federal enforcement records on EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. represent activity at this specific establishment. The full enforcement footprint of HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC across all 1,322 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other establishments operated by HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
- EMPIRE PARATRANSIT CORP. — BROOKLYN, NY — 3 federal records
- EMPIRE STATE CARDBOARD PAPER RECYCLING CORP. — MASPETH, NY — 3 federal records
- EMPIRE KOSHER POULTRY, INC. — MIFFLINTOWN, PA — 3 federal records
- EMPIRE PAVING, INC. — HARTFORD, CT — 2 federal records
- EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY COMPANY (LIMITED) — NEW YORK, NY — 2 federal records
- EMPIRE CITY SUBWAY COMPANY LIMITED — NEW YORK, NY — 2 federal records
- EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC — IMPERIAL, CA — 2 federal records
- EMPIRE FENCE & CUSTOM IRON WORKS — SAINT LOUIS, MO — 2 federal records
- EMPIRE OFFICE, INC. — SECAUCUS, NJ — 2 federal records
- EMPIRE MERCHANTS NORTH, LLC — ALBANY, NY — 2 federal records
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- SUNDT CONSTRUCTION, INC. — REDDING — 3 federal records
- AMES CONSTRUCTION, INC — MENIFEE — 3 federal records
- PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING INC — RANCHO CORDOVA — 3 federal records
- DIEDE CONSTRUCTION, INC. — FREMONT — 3 federal records
- SUNDT CONSTRUCTION, INC — ROHNERT PARK — 3 federal records
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- SUNDT CONSTRUCTION, INC. — SAN DIEGO — 3 federal records
- DIEDE CONSTRUCTION INC — LATHROP — 3 federal records
- BALFOUR BEATTY INFRASTRUCTURE — LOS ANGELES — 3 federal records
Industry context
Within the commercial and institutional building construction industry in CA, EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. ranks in the 83th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 9,172 comparable establishments. That places this employer among the highest-violation establishments in its peer set.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 100th percentile of the same peer group.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 1.9 for the commercial and institutional building construction sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 1.2.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 8 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 3 violations and $66,000 in total penalties.
- How does EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. operates in the commercial and institutional building construction industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9.
- Has EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. had any workplace fatalities?
- Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC..
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. of LAKE FOREST, CA from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 5 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, NLRB labor relations cases, SEC Litigation Releases, SEC XBRL companyfacts (parent financials), and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 12 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, MSHA, EPA, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 3, 2026. EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. resolves to the parent rollup HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC, which operates 1,322 establishments in our dataset. OSHA accident records on file for EMPIRE EQUIPMENT SERVICE INC. include 1 fatality investigation.
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