The Sun Valley Group safety record at a glance
The Sun Valley Group has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 11, 2002 and Jun 12, 2024. 7 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 40 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $150,410 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $98,735. The largest single penalty, $26,340, came from an inspection opened Apr 18, 2013 in Arcata. That places the employer at #458 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Arcata, Oxnard, Willow Creek.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2024 | Arcata | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 25, 2024 |
| Sep 7, 2023 | Oxnard | Planned | 6 citations | $1,330 | $1,330 | Dec 5, 2023 |
| Feb 16, 2023 | Arcata | Accident | 2 citations | $1,300 | $1,300 | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Arcata | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $24,100 | $14,300 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Jul 20, 2020 | Arcata | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Arcata | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,590 | $1,590 | Sep 20, 2019 |
| Feb 5, 2019 | Arcata | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 1, 2019 |
| Aug 9, 2018 | Arcata | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,700 | $1,700 | Jan 4, 2019 |
| Dec 17, 2017 | Oxnard | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2017 |
| Aug 23, 2016 | Arcata | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $31,000 | $21,000 | Mar 1, 2017 |
| Dec 28, 2015 | Oxnard | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $23,060 | $10,570 | Aug 18, 2017 |
| May 21, 2015 | Arcata | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $24,250 | $14,800 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Apr 18, 2013 | Arcata | Accident | 8 citations 3 serious | $33,650 | $26,340 | Jul 27, 2015 |
| Aug 24, 2007 | Willow Creek | Planned | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Oct 31, 2007 |
| May 24, 2007 | Oxnard | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $7,870 | $5,245 | Aug 29, 2008 |
| Mar 23, 2006 | Arcata | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 28, 2006 |
| Dec 8, 2004 | Arcata | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 9, 2004 |
| Apr 11, 2002 | Arcata | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Sun Valley Group; The Sun Valley Group Inc; The Sun Valley Group, Inc.; The Sun Valley Group Inc.; Sun Valley Group, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $2,450
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 3 citations, 2 serious, $21,680
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, 1 serious, $13,775
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3440: 2 citations, $1,700
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 2 citations, $835
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $510
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oxnard 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 The Sun Valley Group
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.