Vallarta Supermarket safety record at a glance
Vallarta Supermarket has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 16, 2002 and Jul 8, 2025. 4 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $64,550 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $28,985. The largest single penalty, $18,880, came from an inspection opened Jan 12, 2004 in Canoga Park. That places the employer at #3,737 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Fresno, North Hills, Sylmar, North Hollywood, Canoga Park, Palmdale.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2025 | Fresno | Planned | 4 citations | $1,405 | $1,405 | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Sep 5, 2020 | North Hills | Referral | 1 citation 1 serious | $14,400 | $7,200 | Jun 14, 2023 |
| Sep 5, 2020 | North Hills | Referral | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Sylmar | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 26, 2010 | Sylmar | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Apr 14, 2008 | North Hollywood | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 14, 2008 |
| Jan 12, 2004 | Canoga Park | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $23,995 | $18,880 | Oct 21, 2006 |
| Dec 16, 2002 | Palmdale | Accident | 2 citations | $24,750 | $1,500 | Jul 11, 2005 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $8,325
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4310: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3942: 1 citation, 1 serious, $505
- 8 CCR 4300.33: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 1 citation, $280
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fresno 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 Vallarta Supermarket
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.