What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened a planned inspection of Avalon Care Center - Merced Hy-Lond, L.L.C. at 3170 M St.,, Merced (Merced County) on Jul 28, 2021. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 149 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 17 citations (3 serious) and proposed $32,900 in penalties; the current total is $32,900. The case closed on Dec 19, 2024. The employer has 2 other inspections on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $450, current $450. 3 instances. 128 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Failure to abate penalty $11,135. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $450, current $450. 4 instances. 4 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Failure to abate penalty $11,135. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $450, current $450. 8 instances. 128 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Failure to abate penalty $11,135. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $450, current $450. 14 instances. 128 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Failure to abate penalty $11,135. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $505, current $505. 6 instances. 57 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $335, current $335. 2 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $450, current $450. 15 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $505, current $505. 7 instances. 71 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $505, current $505. 5 instances. 128 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Failure to abate penalty $25,350. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $675, current $675. 12 instances. 105 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Failure to abate penalty $33,785. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $450, current $450. 8 instances. 105 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Failure to abate penalty $22,530. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $225, current $225. 128 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $225, current $225. 3 instances. 23 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $225, current $225. 4 instances. 18 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 14, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $9,000, current $9,000. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 22, 2021, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $9,000, current $9,000. 4 instances. 23 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 22, 2021, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 10, 2021. Proposed $9,000, current $9,000. 4 instances. 23 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 22, 2021, 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 345446637. 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 345446637, 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.