What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened a planned inspection of Desert Express, LLC at 3949 Austin Road, Brawley (Imperial County) on Mar 17, 2011. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 36 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 12 citations (1 serious) and proposed $7,765 in penalties; the current total is $7,765. The case closed on Oct 24, 2011. The employer has 1 other inspection on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Jun 21, 2011. Proposed $0, current $0. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 8, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $110, current $110. 2 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 20, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $250, current $250. 2 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 20, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $250, current $250. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 20, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $250, current $250. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 20, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $250, current $250. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 31, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $250, current $250. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 20, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $225, current $225. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 20, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $420, current $420. 3 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 20, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $450, current $450. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 20, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $250, current $250. 2 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 20, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Aug 18, 2011. Proposed $5,060, current $5,060. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Sep 5, 2011, completed. Read the rule.
Your rights
If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 313642449. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 313642449, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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.