Dan Avila dba Dan Avila & Sons safety record at a glance
Dan Avila dba Dan Avila & Sons has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 22, 2011 and Jun 20, 2017. 10 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 3 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $96,955 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $55,705. The largest single penalty, $19,975, came from an inspection opened Mar 12, 2015 in Livingston. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,238 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Turlock, Stevinson, Livingston, Mercedk, Merced.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2017 | Turlock | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 20, 2017 |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Turlock | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 20, 2017 |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Stevinson | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 1, 2015 |
| Mar 12, 2015 | Livingston | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations 2 serious | $19,975 $36,275 proposed | Jan 28, 2019 |
| Oct 13, 2014 | Livingston | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 23, 2015 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | Mercedk | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Aug 7, 2014 |
| Jun 17, 2014 | Merced | Complaint | 1 citation 1 repeat | $5,000 | Jan 28, 2015 |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Turlock | Referral | no citations | $0 | Oct 7, 2013 |
| Jul 3, 2013 | Livingston | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 24, 2013 |
| Jun 27, 2013 | Livingston | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 18, 2013 |
| Nov 14, 2012 | Turlock | Accident | 3 citations | $2,550 $27,000 proposed | Dec 3, 2014 |
| Nov 14, 2012 | Turlock | Accident | 1 citation | $250 $750 proposed | Dec 3, 2014 |
| Jun 21, 2012 | Livingston | Complaint | 1 citation | $1,350 | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Jun 20, 2012 | Livingston | Complaint | 3 citations | $3,750 | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Feb 15, 2012 | Turlock | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious | $17,580 | Oct 24, 2012 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | Turlock | Complaint | 5 citations | $5,250 | May 29, 2012 |
| Jul 22, 2011 | Livingston | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Jul 22, 2011 |
Also recorded as: Dan Avila.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 7 citations, $11,600
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, $4,460
- 8 CCR 3440, Agricultural Equipment: 3 citations, 3 serious, $29,810
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,575
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, $1,700
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $1,085
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 1430.32: 1 citation, $475
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Dan Avila dba 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.