Driftwood Dairy Inc safety record at a glance
Driftwood Dairy Inc has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 11, 2006 and Sep 13, 2019. 4 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 10 serious. Inspectors proposed $131,730 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $61,865. The largest single penalty, $19,500, came from an inspection opened Sep 28, 2010 in El Monte. That places the employer at #1,039 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Manufacturing. Worksites in El Monte.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2019 | El Monte | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 4, 2020 |
| May 16, 2018 | El Monte | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $13,500 | $6,650 | Jan 20, 2021 |
| Apr 16, 2015 | El Monte | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $18,745 | $1,870 | Aug 22, 2016 |
| Jun 21, 2012 | El Monte | Complaint | 5 citations 1 serious | $13,375 | $4,775 | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Sep 28, 2010 | El Monte | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $39,375 | $19,500 | Jun 21, 2011 |
| Oct 8, 2009 | El Monte | Planned | 5 citations 4 serious | $10,735 | $10,735 | Mar 10, 2011 |
| Jan 11, 2006 | El Monte | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $36,000 | $18,335 | Oct 27, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Driftwood Dairy; Driftwood Dairy Inc dba Driftwood Dairy; Driftwood Dairy Inc.; Driftwood Dairy, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 6 citations, 1 serious, $2,995
- 8 CCR 4075: 3 citations, 3 serious, $10,350
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,705
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $690
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3556: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,500
- 8 CCR 3578: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: El Monte 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. 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 Driftwood Dairy 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 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.