Jewel Date Company dba Sheilds Date Gardens safety record at a glance
Jewel Date Company dba Sheilds Date Gardens has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 2, 2005 and Apr 26, 2017. 3 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 17 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $74,300 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $29,850. The largest single penalty, $24,975, came from an inspection opened Apr 26, 2017 in Thermal. That places the employer at #3,561 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 Thermal, Indio, Palm Desert.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2017 | Thermal | Accident | 4 citations 4 serious | $44,100 | $24,975 | Jun 20, 2018 |
| May 19, 2009 | Indio | Planned | 2 citations | $2,275 | $475 | Dec 30, 2009 |
| Jan 27, 2006 | Thermal | Accident | 2 citations | $350 | $350 | Dec 27, 2006 |
| Jan 12, 2006 | Palm Desert | Planned | 7 citations 1 serious | $6,375 | $600 | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Dec 2, 2005 | Indio | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $21,200 | $3,450 | Mar 22, 2010 |
Also recorded as: The Jewel Date Company Inc; The Jewel Date CO.; The Jewel Date Company, Inc; Jewel Date CO. Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 2 serious, $5,850
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $16,200
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $1,200
- 8 CCR 3643: 1 citation, 1 serious, $300
- 8 CCR 2340.12: 1 citation, $250
- 8 CCR 4187: 1 citation, $250
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 Jewel Date Company dba Sheilds Date Gardens
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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.