Ratto Bros., Inc. safety record at a glance
Ratto Bros., Inc. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 17, 2010 and Jul 7, 2026. 4 of them were planned inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $8,185 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,765. The largest single penalty, $2,550, came from an inspection opened Mar 17, 2010 in Modesto. That places the employer at #19,628 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: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Modesto.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | Modesto | Fatality or catastrophe | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Modesto | Complaint | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| May 20, 2025 | Modesto | Planned | 3 citations | $1,260 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Jul 1, 2024 | Modesto | Referral | no citations | $0 | Dec 31, 2024 |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Modesto | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 13, 2023 |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Modesto | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Modesto | Referral | 1 citation | $375 | Jan 26, 2021 |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Modesto | Planned | 4 citations | $1,680 | Apr 10, 2020 |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Modesto | Planned | 2 citations | $900 $1,120 proposed | Apr 11, 2016 |
| Jul 28, 2011 | Modesto | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 8, 2011 |
| Mar 17, 2010 | Modesto | Planned | 10 citations | $2,550 $3,750 proposed | Mar 1, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Ratto Bros.; Ratto Bros Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $1,320
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 2 citations, $280
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $420
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Ratto Bros., 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.