Desert Valley Date, Inc dba Desert Valley Date safety record at a glance
Desert Valley Date, Inc dba Desert Valley Date has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 4, 2001 and Sep 18, 2017. 2 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 10 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $51,410 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $24,805. The largest single penalty, $20,750, came from an inspection opened Sep 18, 2017 in Coachella. That places the employer at #4,767 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Coachella.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2017 | Coachella | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $38,050 | $20,750 | Aug 16, 2018 |
| Jun 21, 2011 | Coachella | Planned | 5 citations 3 serious | $13,060 | $3,755 | Aug 13, 2013 |
| Oct 4, 2001 | Coachella | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Apr 30, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Desert Valley Date Inc; Desert Valley Date.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, 3 serious, $2,880
- 8 CCR 4552: 2 citations, 1 serious, $16,850
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $775
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,250
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3657: 1 citation, $300
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. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "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 Desert Valley Date, Inc dba Desert Valley Date
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 1, 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.