Dan Avila & Sons safety record at a glance
Dan Avila & Sons has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 13, 2007 and Jun 6, 2024. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $49,247 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $31,500. The largest single penalty, $21,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 17, 2012 in Turlock. That places the employer at #3,255 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Turlock, Hilmar, Livingston, Stevinson, Atwater.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2024 | Turlock | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jun 27, 2024 |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Turlock | Referral | no citations | $0 | Aug 16, 2021 |
| Aug 5, 2014 | Turlock | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 12, 2015 |
| Jul 2, 2014 | Hilmar | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Aug 7, 2014 |
| Oct 25, 2013 | Livingston | Complaint | 1 citation | $425 $850 proposed | Dec 3, 2014 |
| Oct 17, 2012 | Turlock | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $21,000 $30,000 proposed | Sep 17, 2014 |
| Apr 19, 2012 | Turlock | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 23, 2012 |
| Jul 22, 2011 | Stevinson | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Jul 22, 2011 |
| Jun 9, 2011 | Livingston | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,250 | Dec 30, 2013 |
| Dec 17, 2009 | Livingston | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 25, 2010 |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Hilmar | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Sep 15, 2009 |
| Jul 10, 2008 | Turlock | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 $5,400 proposed | Dec 30, 2009 |
| Jun 4, 2008 | Atwater | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $2,625 $6,437 proposed | Aug 4, 2008 |
| Jun 3, 2008 | Livingston | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $2,500 $4,310 proposed | Sep 12, 2008 |
| Sep 13, 2007 | Atwater | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 | Sep 18, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Dan Avila and Sons.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 8 citations, 3 serious, $8,450
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,425
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 2 citations, $875
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3366, Washing Facilities: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
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 Dan Avila & Sons
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.