Valley Pallet, Inc. safety record at a glance
Valley Pallet, Inc. has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 14, 2006 and Apr 17, 2025. 6 of them were accident inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 51 in all: 14 serious. Inspectors proposed $144,290 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $72,205. The largest single penalty, $15,150, came from an inspection opened Oct 26, 2017 in Salinas. That places the employer at #801 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Sacramento, Salinas, Terra Bella, Colton, Hanford.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 | Sacramento | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Salinas | Planned | 7 citations 2 serious | $11,280 | $11,280 | Jan 13, 2025 |
| Oct 11, 2023 | Sacramento | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $22,400 | $14,800 | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Oct 26, 2017 | Salinas | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $28,000 | $15,150 | Jul 29, 2019 |
| Jun 22, 2017 | Terra Bella | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $17,685 | $6,895 | Oct 17, 2019 |
| Oct 21, 2015 | Terra Bella | Planned | 3 citations | $715 | $715 | Jan 27, 2017 |
| Nov 18, 2014 | Sacramento | Referral | 3 citations 2 serious | $18,225 | $4,680 | Feb 9, 2017 |
| Oct 23, 2014 | Sacramento | Follow-up | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jan 19, 2016 |
| May 9, 2012 | Salinas | Accident | 3 citations | $1,125 | $1,125 | Oct 20, 2012 |
| Apr 6, 2011 | Colton | Planned | 5 citations 3 serious | $7,670 | $5,845 | Aug 30, 2011 |
| Feb 4, 2011 | Hanford | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2012 |
| Oct 29, 2010 | Colton | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $16,200 | $2,250 | Mar 8, 2012 |
| Aug 24, 2009 | Sacramento | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 27, 2009 |
| Feb 17, 2009 | Salinas | Planned | 2 citations | $700 | $700 | Jun 19, 2009 |
| Aug 20, 2008 | Sacramento | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $5,700 | $3,300 | Feb 3, 2009 |
| Jun 20, 2008 | Colton | Accident | 6 citations | $4,710 | $500 | Mar 24, 2010 |
| Jun 14, 2006 | Salinas | Complaint | 8 citations 1 serious | $9,505 | $4,590 | Oct 23, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Valley Pallet Incorporated; Valley Pallet Company; Valley Pallet Inc; Valley Pallet Inc. dba Valley Pallet; Valley Pallet; Valley Pallet Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 6 citations, 2 serious, $26,950
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 461: 4 citations, $460
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, 1 serious, $6,895
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $8,095
- 8 CCR 4075: 2 citations, 2 serious, $3,575
- 8 CCR 5097: 2 citations, 1 serious, $780
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 2 citations, $670
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer, Salinas 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 Valley Pallet, 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.