Vallarta Supermarkets safety record at a glance
Vallarta Supermarkets has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 26, 2001 and May 22, 2018. 7 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 7 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $154,285 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $100,940. The largest single penalty, $36,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 23, 2018 in Fresno. That places the employer at #432 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: Manufacturing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Burbank, Fresno, Santa Clarita, Simi Valley, North Hills, Anaheim, Palmdale, Winnetka.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2018 | Burbank | Accident | 7 citations 3 serious | $22,680 | $22,680 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | Fresno | Follow-up | 1 citation 1 repeat | $36,000 | $36,000 | Apr 16, 2019 |
| Mar 15, 2017 | Santa Clarita | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $41,000 | $26,810 | Aug 27, 2018 |
| Jan 5, 2016 | Fresno | Accident | 3 citations | $9,555 | $2,055 | Jun 11, 2017 |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Simi Valley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 22, 2014 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | North Hills | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 17, 2015 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | North Hills | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 2, 2014 |
| Aug 2, 2013 | Anaheim | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 21, 2013 |
| Dec 30, 2011 | Palmdale | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $6,750 | Sep 16, 2013 |
| Aug 18, 2009 | Winnetka | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $23,340 | $5,560 | Jun 24, 2010 |
| Feb 26, 2008 | Lancaster | Referral | 2 citations | $3,560 | $935 | Mar 24, 2009 |
| Sep 26, 2001 | North Hills | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Apr 24, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Vallarta Supermarkets, Inc.; Vallarta Supermarkets Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 6 citations, 3 serious, $32,805
- 8 CCR 4543: 5 citations, 2 serious, $49,245
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $1,680
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 4544: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,750
- 8 CCR 4070: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, $750
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Burbank employment lawyer, Fresno employment lawyer, Santa Clarita 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 Supermarkets
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.