City record, Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections

Carpenteria Cal/OSHA Inspections

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Every Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspection of employers in Carpenteria since 2000: 15 inspections, 28 citations, $20,840 in penalties, newest first.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

Cal/OSHA inspections in Carpenteria at a glance

Employers in Carpenteria account for 15 Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections since 2000, 10 of which produced citations (67%): 28 citations, 4 serious, $20,840 in penalties after appeals, and 0 worker deaths investigated. In the last 12 months 0 inspections opened. The industries inspected most here are Construction (7), Industry not stated (2), Accommodation and Food Services (2).

All inspections, newest first

15 inspections. Click a date for the citations.

EmployerOpenedWhyResultPenalty
Johannes Flowers Inc.Jan 13, 2012Accident4 citations 1 serious$12,405
$19,880 proposed
Greenhouses System USA Inc.Jan 13, 2012Unprogrammed related2 citations$960
Cervini Farms California Inc.Jan 13, 2012Unprogrammed related3 citations$700
Ditec Manufacturing CompanyMay 15, 2008Follow-upno citations$0
Ditec Manufacturing CompanySep 14, 2007Planned5 citations 3 serious$2,570
$6,700 proposed
Cajun Kitchen Cafe, IncSep 28, 2006Planned5 citations$1,385
Oaxaca FreshSep 28, 2006Planned4 citations$585
$1,005 proposed
BCS Construction and DevelopmentAug 10, 2005Planned2 citations$1,620
Young Brothers Construction CompanyAug 10, 2005Planned1 citation$280
Thomas Drywall IncAug 10, 2005Planned1 citation$250
Anderson PlumbingAug 10, 2005Plannedno citations$0
Blum & Sons Electric, IncorporatedAug 10, 2005Plannedno citations$0
Dan ChamleeAug 10, 2005Plannedno citations$0
Dan Peterson MasonryMar 19, 2001Planned1 citation$85
Tierra ConstructionMar 19, 2001Plannedno citations$0

Largest penalties in Carpenteria

EmployerInspectionsCitationsPenaltiesDeathsLatest
Johannes Flowers Inc.14$12,4050Jan 13, 2012
Ditec Manufacturing Company25$2,5700May 15, 2008
BCS Construction and Development12$1,6200Aug 10, 2005
Cajun Kitchen Cafe, Inc15$1,3850Sep 28, 2006
Greenhouses System USA Inc.12$9600Jan 13, 2012
Cervini Farms California Inc.13$7000Jan 13, 2012
Oaxaca Fresh14$5850Sep 28, 2006
Young Brothers Construction Company11$2800Aug 10, 2005
Thomas Drywall Inc11$2500Aug 10, 2005
Dan Peterson Masonry11$850Mar 19, 2001
Anderson Plumbing10$00Aug 10, 2005
Dan Chamlee10$00Aug 10, 2005
Blum & Sons Electric, Incorporated10$00Aug 10, 2005
Tierra Construction10$00Mar 19, 2001

Rules cited most in Carpenteria

By year opened

YearInspectionsWith citationsCitationsPenaltiesDeaths
2012339$14,0650
2008100$00
2007115$2,5700
2006229$1,9700
2005634$2,1500
2001211$850

Your rights when the hazard is real in Carpenteria

You can report it, and the employer may not touch you for it. Any worker can file a confidential complaint with the nearest Cal/OSHA district office, by phone, online or in writing, and can ask that the employer not be told who complained. Firing, demoting, cutting hours, threatening or otherwise punishing a worker for a safety complaint, for reporting an injury, for testifying or for asking for a Cal/OSHA inspection is unlawful retaliation under Labor Code 6310; a complaint to the Labor Commissioner's Retaliation Complaint Investigation unit must be filed within one year, and a civil lawsuit is also available.

You can refuse work that would violate a safety standard and create a real and apparent hazard to you or your coworkers, and the employer may not retaliate for that refusal (Labor Code 6311). Say why in writing if you can, name the rule or the hazard, and keep a copy.

Every employer must have a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (Title 8, section 3203), train workers on the hazards of their jobs, provide protective equipment at no cost, and give workers access to the exposure and medical records that concern them. Outdoor workplaces need a heat illness plan with water, shade and rest (section 3395); indoor ones above 82 degrees need the indoor rule (section 3396); and since July 2024 nearly every employer needs a workplace violence prevention plan (Labor Code 6401.9).

An injury itself is a workers' compensation claim, handled separately from anything on this page. What this firm handles is the employment side: the retaliation, the firing after the injury report, the wage and hour problems that usually travel with an unsafe workplace. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections opened through Oct 27, 2026. County is assigned from the worksite ZIP code. 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.

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