Abel Mendoza, Inc. safety record at a glance
Abel Mendoza, Inc. has been the subject of 20 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 4, 2006 and Dec 19, 2018. 7 of them were planned inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $67,760 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $51,825. The largest single penalty, $16,875, came from an inspection opened Jan 13, 2016 in Tracy. That places the employer at #1,392 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Sacramento, Gilroy, Tracy, Lathrop, Livermore, Stockton, French Camp, Patterson.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2018 | Sacramento | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Dec 24, 2018 |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Gilroy | Complaint | 4 citations | $2,885 | Nov 7, 2017 |
| Apr 17, 2017 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $15,000 $22,500 proposed | Nov 2, 2018 |
| Aug 8, 2016 | Tracy | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 $13,500 proposed | Sep 28, 2017 |
| Apr 5, 2016 | Tracy | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jun 7, 2016 |
| Jan 13, 2016 | Tracy | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $16,875 | Jan 17, 2017 |
| Oct 19, 2015 | Tracy | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $2,620 | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Oct 15, 2014 | Lathrop | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Tracy | Accident | 1 citation | $180 | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Jun 18, 2014 | Tracy | Unprogrammed related | 9 citations 1 serious | $6,115 $7,800 proposed | Oct 24, 2016 |
| Nov 16, 2012 | Livermore | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 14, 2012 |
| May 10, 2011 | Tracy | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 19, 2011 |
| Sep 15, 2010 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | $0 | Sep 20, 2010 |
| Aug 18, 2010 | French Camp | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 30, 2010 |
| Jul 7, 2010 | Patterson | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jul 12, 2010 |
| Jul 21, 2009 | Livermore | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 10, 2009 |
| Sep 17, 2008 | Lathrop | Planned | no citations | $0 | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Jul 28, 2008 | Tracy | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Jul 28, 2008 |
| Aug 1, 2007 | Tracy | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 1, 2007 |
| Aug 4, 2006 | Patterson | Planned | 3 citations | $1,400 | Jun 16, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Abel Mendoza Inc; Abel Mendoza Inc.; Abel Mendoza, Inc; Abel Mendoza dba Abel Mendoza, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $2,005
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 3 citations, $2,250
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $18,375
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $1,120
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $1,055
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $16,875
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 1 citation, $935
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento 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 Abel Mendoza, 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.