What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened a planned inspection of American Tire Recycling, LLC. at 13001 Newport Road, Ballico (Merced County) on Jul 31, 2024. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. 35 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 8 citations (2 serious) and proposed $11,710 in penalties; the current total is $5,410. 2 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Nov 10, 2025. The employer has 4 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 3, 2024. Proposed $275, current $275. 35 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 6, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 3, 2024. Proposed $135, current $135. 10 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 3, 2024. Proposed $305, current $305. 1 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 3, 2024. Proposed $550, current $550. 5 workers exposed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 3, 2024. Proposed $410, current $410. 35 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 6, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 3, 2024. Proposed $135, current $135. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 6, 2025, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 3, 2024. Proposed $4,950, current $1,800. 1 workers exposed. Contested Mar 7, 2025, final order Aug 18, 2025. Read the rule.
Issued Dec 3, 2024. Proposed $4,950, current $1,800. 1 workers exposed. Contested Mar 7, 2025, final order Aug 18, 2025. 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 347664773. 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 347664773, 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.