City record, Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections

Richvale Cal/OSHA Inspections

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

Every Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspection of employers in Richvale since 2000: 29 inspections, 67 citations, $166,815 in penalties, newest first.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

Cal/OSHA inspections in Richvale at a glance

Employers in Richvale account for 29 Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections since 2000, 23 of which produced citations (79%): 67 citations, 14 serious, $166,815 in penalties after appeals, and 1 worker death investigated. In the last 12 months 1 inspections opened. The industries inspected most here are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (15), Construction (5), Manufacturing (4).

All inspections, newest first

29 inspections. Click a date for the citations.

EmployerOpenedWhyResultPenalty
Wehah Farm, Inc.Jan 21, 2026Accident2 citations 2 serious$25,200
Advanced Integrated Pest ManagementNov 21, 2024Unprogrammed related2 citations 2 serious$12,370
Butte County Rice Growers AssociationNov 19, 2024Accident1 citation$5,500
Wehah Farms, Inc.Aug 16, 2023Complaint1 citation$560
Wehah Farms, Inc.Aug 9, 2023Accident1 citation$675
Wehah Farm, Inc.Aug 23, 2022Complaint3 citations$1,575
B & E LundbergDec 20, 2021Accident1 citation 1 serious$10,800
Wehah Farms, Inc.Aug 21, 2020Accident1 citation$3,000
Butte County Rice Growers AssociationJun 17, 2020Plannedno citations0
Butte County Rice Growers AssociationJan 27, 2020Accident2 citations 1 serious$14,400
V I S E CompanyJul 3, 2019Complaint1 citation$3,000
Butte County Rice Growers AssociationJun 15, 2018Accidentno citations0
Wehah Farms, Inc.Aug 28, 2017Accident1 citation$935
Wehah Farm, Inc.Dec 12, 2016Fatality or catastrophedeath 5 citations 4 serious$61,685
Butte County Rice Growers AssociationJul 13, 2016Planned7 citations$2,370
O & M IndustriesApr 14, 2014Plannedno citations0
BCM Construction Company Inc.Nov 22, 2013Plannedno citations0
Butte CO Rice Growers Assoc dba BucraFeb 9, 2012Planned21 citations$1,350
Dutra Steel IncAug 18, 2011Planned1 citation$685
Dutra Steel IncFeb 2, 2011Planned1 citation 1 serious$1,575
Lundberg Family FarmsFeb 2, 2011Accident2 citations$1,500
Chester E Rose & Sons RiceOct 22, 2007Accident2 citations$675
Josiassen Farms IncOct 4, 2007Accident6 citations 2 serious$13,135
Wehah Farm, Inc.Aug 22, 2007Accidentno citations0
B & E LundbergJul 2, 2007Accident1 citation$525
Butte County Rice Growers AssocDec 5, 2006Accident3 citations 1 serious$2,000
Wehah Farm, Inc.Jan 20, 2006Accidentno citations0
Button Transportation IncJun 2, 2005Accident1 citation$3,000
Butte CO. Rice Growers AssociationMar 22, 2001Accident1 citation$300

Largest penalties in Richvale

EmployerInspectionsCitationsPenaltiesDeathsLatest
Wehah Farm, Inc.510$88,4601Jan 21, 2026
Butte County Rice Growers Association510$22,2700Nov 19, 2024
Josiassen Farms Inc16$13,1350Oct 4, 2007
Advanced Integrated Pest Management12$12,3700Nov 21, 2024
B & E Lundberg22$11,3250Dec 20, 2021
Wehah Farms, Inc.44$5,1700Aug 16, 2023
V I S E Company11$3,0000Jul 3, 2019
Button Transportation Inc11$3,0000Jun 2, 2005
Dutra Steel Inc22$2,2600Aug 18, 2011
Butte County Rice Growers Assoc13$2,0000Dec 5, 2006
Lundberg Family Farms12$1,5000Feb 2, 2011
Butte CO Rice Growers Assoc dba Bucra121$1,3500Feb 9, 2012
Chester E Rose & Sons Rice12$6750Oct 22, 2007
Butte CO. Rice Growers Association11$3000Mar 22, 2001
O & M Industries10$00Apr 14, 2014
BCM Construction Company Inc.10$00Nov 22, 2013

Rules cited most in Richvale

By year opened

YearInspectionsWith citationsCitationsPenaltiesDeaths
2026112$25,2000
2024223$17,8700
2023222$1,2350
2022113$1,5750
2021111$10,8000
2020323$17,4000
2019111$3,0000
2018100$00
2017111$9350
20162212$64,0551
2014100$00
2013100$00
20121121$1,3500
2011334$3,7600
2007439$14,3350
2006213$2,0000
2005111$3,0000
2001111$3000

Your rights when the hazard is real in Richvale

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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