El Torito Restaurant safety record at a glance
El Torito Restaurant has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 7, 2000 and Feb 27, 2007. 2 of them were complaint inspections. All of them produced citations, 10 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $22,685 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,285. The largest single penalty, $4,950, came from an inspection opened Dec 7, 2000 in Sacramento. That places the employer at #17,158 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Accommodation and Food Services. Worksites in Stockton, Pasadena, Sacramento.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2007 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Jul 11, 2007 |
| Mar 23, 2005 | Pasadena | Complaint | 6 citations | $3,035 | $3,035 | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Dec 7, 2000 | Sacramento | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,350 | $4,950 | Mar 20, 2007 |
Also recorded as: El Torito Restaurant Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,650
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $980
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $840
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 1430.32: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2340.21: 1 citation, $280
Accidents investigated
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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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at El Torito Restaurant
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.