Belk Farms safety record at a glance
Belk Farms has been the subject of 36 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 25, 2000 and Feb 2, 2026. 27 of them were planned inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $34,880 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,560. The largest single penalty, $4,835, came from an inspection opened May 20, 2016 in Thermal. That places the employer at #11,461 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Mec, Thermal, Coachella.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2026 | Mec | Programmed related | 5 citations | $2,025 | $2,025 | open |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Mec | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 24, 2017 |
| May 20, 2016 | Thermal | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $11,105 | $4,835 | Aug 4, 2017 |
| Mar 14, 2014 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 13, 2014 |
| Sep 24, 2013 | Thermal | Planned | 2 citations | $840 | $225 | Sep 15, 2014 |
| May 15, 2013 | Thermal | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 15, 2013 |
| Jun 21, 2012 | Mec | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 1, 2012 |
| Apr 10, 2012 | Mec | Referral | 1 citation | $560 | $150 | Jun 27, 2013 |
| Dec 12, 2011 | Coachella | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 7, 2012 |
| Aug 18, 2011 | Thermal | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 30, 2012 |
| Oct 1, 2010 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 4, 2010 |
| May 12, 2009 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 24, 2009 |
| Apr 20, 2009 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 6, 2009 |
| Jan 21, 2009 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2009 |
| Sep 30, 2008 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 4, 2008 |
| Sep 30, 2008 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 16, 2008 |
| Jul 7, 2008 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 7, 2008 |
| Jun 25, 2008 | Thermal | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | $150 | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Jun 5, 2008 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 7, 2008 |
| Jan 11, 2007 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 11, 2007 |
| Aug 23, 2006 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 18, 2007 |
| Jun 15, 2005 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2005 |
| Jan 27, 2005 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 4, 2005 |
| Jan 27, 2005 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 6, 2005 |
| Jan 27, 2005 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2005 |
| May 27, 2004 | Coachella | Planned | 1 citation | $185 | 0 | May 26, 2006 |
| Apr 15, 2004 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2004 |
| Mar 20, 2003 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2003 |
| Jun 6, 2002 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 22, 2002 |
| Mar 27, 2002 | Mec | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $11,895 | $3,000 | Mar 31, 2004 |
| Mar 26, 2002 | Coachella | Planned | 3 citations | $845 | $300 | Mar 31, 2004 |
| Jun 13, 2001 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Feb 14, 2001 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Jan 31, 2001 | Coachella | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Jun 5, 2001 |
| Oct 25, 2000 | Thermal | Planned | 3 citations | $1,875 | $1,875 | Apr 27, 2001 |
| Oct 25, 2000 | Coachella | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $4,500 | $250 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Belk Farms LLC; Belk Farms, Inc.; Belk Farms, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 7 citations, $1,705
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, $890
- 8 CCR 3653: 3 citations, 2 serious, $3,250
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 3456: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 6401.9: 1 citation, $515
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $515
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, $450
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Belk Farms
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.