Agro Labor Services, Inc. safety record at a glance
Agro Labor Services, Inc. has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 4, 2017 and Jul 22, 2026. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $108,890 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $88,645. The largest single penalty, $18,635, came from an inspection opened Nov 9, 2022 in Lancaster. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #559 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Accommodation and Food Services. Worksites in Thermal, Tehachapi, Arvin, Westmorland, Kettleman City, Bakersfield, Buttonwillow, Lancaster.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | Thermal | Programmed related | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Tehachapi | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 4, 2026 |
| May 13, 2026 | Arvin | Planned | 2 citations | $1,065 | $1,065 | open |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Westmorland | Planned | 4 citations | $1,590 | $960 | open |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Arvin | Planned | 2 citations | $375 | $375 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Kettleman City | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 1 citation | $16,875 | $5,400 | Nov 28, 2025 |
| Mar 27, 2024 | Buttonwillow | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Oct 24, 2023 | Buttonwillow | Fatality or catastrophe | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Apr 18, 2023 | Buttonwillow | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 26, 2023 |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Lancaster | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,635 | $18,635 | open |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $14,400 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Aug 26, 2020 | Tehachapi | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 11, 2020 |
| May 1, 2020 | Buttonwillow | Referral | 1 citation | $315 | $315 | Mar 19, 2021 |
| Nov 13, 2019 | Arvin | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Jul 19, 2023 |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Bakersfield | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 14, 2020 |
| Apr 29, 2019 | Arvin | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 11, 2019 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Mec | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | $635 | Mar 30, 2020 |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | $13,500 | $9,450 | Nov 18, 2020 |
| May 23, 2018 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Nov 16, 2018 |
| May 4, 2017 | Bakersfield | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 1 serious | $18,185 | $18,185 | Oct 14, 2020 |
Also recorded as: Agro Labor Services, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 8 citations, 3 serious, $34,685
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 4 citations, $1,440
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,195
- 8 CCR 3440: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation, $350
- 8 CCR 3439: 1 citation, $315
Accidents investigated
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
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If you work, or worked, at Agro Labor Services, Inc.
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. 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.