Accommodation & Food Services · Tustin, CA
Taco Bell
According to OSHA enforcement records (2010–2026), Taco Bell has a relatively clean safety record: 0 violations across 2 inspections. See the full breakdown below.
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- OSHA penalties
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- Violations cited
- 2
- OSHA inspections
- $0
- Back wages owed
Taco Bell in Tustin, CA has been the subject of 2 OSHA workplace inspections and 0 citations since 2010, according to enforcement records from the U.S. Department of Labor. Separately, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found $0 in back wages owed to an undisclosed number of workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
The record in one line
OSHA has inspected Taco Bell 2 times over 1 year - more than twice a year on average. None of these inspections resulted in a citation. Against the Accommodation & Food Services industry average of 0 inspections per employer, this runs far above peers (8.8x the sector average) on inspection frequency. The Department of Labor also found wage violations, with $0 in back wages owed to an undisclosed number of workers. For comparison, Subway in Oak Harbor, WA is another accommodation & food services employer with 2 OSHA inspections on record and $0 in current penalties.
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- violations per inspection
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- of violations were serious
- $0
- in back wages recovered
Compliance score
- A OSHA safety compliance: 0 violations across 2 OSHA inspections (0.0 per inspection), vs. national p10 0.0 (best) / p90 5.5 (worst) among 145,626 inspected employers.
- A Wage & hour compliance: $0 in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($0 per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.
Does more inspection scrutiny mean more findings?
Each dot is one of 21 Accommodation & Food Services employers with an OSHA inspection on record, placed by inspections and violations cited. The highlighted dot is Taco Bell.
How Taco Bell Compares
2 OSHA inspections on record for Taco Bell in Tustin, CA, zero violations cited, a cleaner record than the Accommodation & Food Services sector average of 0.5 violations per employer.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Taco Bell to date. The Accommodation & Food Services sector average runs $670 per employer.
Enforcement detail
OSHA Inspection History
Total Inspections
2
First Inspection
2015-05-14
Last Inspection
2015-05-14
Inspection Span
1 yr
Violations / Inspection
0.0
Avg Penalty / Inspection
$0
Industry Avg / Inspection
$2,941
What this shows 2 inspections over 1 year, averaging 0.0 violations per visit. That's $0 per inspection vs. the Accommodation & Food Services average of $2,941.
Wage & Hour Findings
Industry Safety Context: Accommodation & Food Services
How Taco Bell compares to the Accommodation & Food Services sector, which has 25,016 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Taco Bell | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 2 | 0.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 0.5 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $670 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,941 |
Nationwide Accommodation & Food Services peers with similar penalties or inspection counts
Two OSHA-record peer sets for Taco Bell, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar OSHA inspection count
Same-sector employers with a comparable inspection history outside this state (2 inspections here).
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What to do with this record
Use Taco Bell's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Taco Bell against Palenque Mexican Restaurant, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Taco Bell's inspection and penalty record is typical for Accommodation & Food Services or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Accommodation & Food Services sector
- Taco Bell also carries $0 in Wage and Hour Division back-wages, a separate enforcement track from OSHA safety violations. How wage-theft enforcement works
Figures reflect closed OSHA and WHD federal enforcement actions on record (2010–2026); not every workplace issue results in an inspection or investigation.
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Data as of 2026. Source: U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA, WHD).
Source: OSHA Enforcement Data
Inspection and violation records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, covering the period 2010–2026. Includes inspection dates, violation types (serious, willful, repeat, other-than-serious), and penalty amounts. Penalties shown are current assessed amounts and may differ from original citations due to settlement, contest, or reduction.
Source: Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Compliance actions from the WHD, covering enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including minimum wage, overtime, and child labor violations. Back wages represent amounts owed to affected employees as determined by WHD investigations.
Employer Matching
Employers are matched across OSHA and WHD datasets by name, state, and city. Employers included in PlainWorker have 2 or more OSHA inspections or $1,000+ in WHD back wages. Data is updated monthly from data.dol.gov.