Vallarta Food Enterprises, Inc. safety record at a glance
Vallarta Food Enterprises, Inc. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 24, 2009 and Aug 27, 2026. 7 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 4 serious, 3 repeat. Inspectors proposed $194,340 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $124,025. The largest single penalty, $50,000, came from an inspection opened Dec 13, 2022 in Madera. That places the employer at #286 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Burbank, Lancaster, Modesto, Tulare, Madera, Bakersfield, Valencia, North Hollywood.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Burbank | Planned | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Lancaster | Fatality or catastrophe | no citations | $0 | Jun 3, 2025 |
| Feb 3, 2025 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Tulare | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 26, 2024 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Madera | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious 1 repeat | $50,000 $63,500 proposed | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,460 | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Nov 13, 2018 | Lancaster | Accident | 1 citation | $1,050 $22,500 proposed | Apr 30, 2020 |
| Sep 13, 2018 | Bakersfield | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious 2 repeat | $43,900 $64,000 proposed | open |
| Mar 20, 2013 | Valencia | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,885 $23,200 proposed | Jun 28, 2016 |
| Nov 22, 2010 | North Hollywood | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $18,730 $19,680 proposed | Jul 25, 2013 |
| Feb 24, 2009 | Lancaster | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 17, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Vallarta Food Enterprises, Inc; Vallarta Food Enterprises Inc; Vallarta Food Enterprises Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4543, Guarding of Meat Cutting Band Saw Blades: 5 citations, 3 serious, $90,335
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $12,000
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $280
- 8 CCR 4552, Meat, Fish and Other Food Grinders: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $1,050
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $475
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Burbank employment lawyer, Lancaster employment lawyer, 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 Vallarta Food Enterprises, 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 4, 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.