Manuel Torres dba Torres Labor Contracting safety record at a glance
Manuel Torres dba Torres Labor Contracting has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 31, 2000 and May 26, 2010. 2 of them were planned inspections. All of them produced citations, 11 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $2,665 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $1,280. The largest single penalty, $450, came from an inspection opened May 19, 2009 in Mec. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #47,829 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 Mec, Thermal, San Mateo.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2010 | Mec | Planned | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Feb 11, 2011 |
| May 19, 2009 | Mec | Planned | 4 citations | $1,835 | $450 | Dec 30, 2009 |
| Aug 8, 2008 | Thermal | Accident | death 1 citation | $420 | $420 | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Jan 23, 2007 | San Mateo | Complaint | 1 citation | $85 | $85 | Jan 23, 2007 |
| Oct 31, 2000 | San Mateo | Complaint | 4 citations | $175 | $175 | Jan 31, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Manuel Torres dba la Nortena Tortilla & Prod. Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3439: 3 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $235
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $420
- 8 CCR 5143: 1 citation, $75
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $50
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, $50
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Mateo 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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Manuel Torres dba Torres Labor Contracting
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.