Bell Carter Foods Inc safety record at a glance
Bell Carter Foods Inc has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 24, 2002 and Mar 25, 2022. 6 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $118,570 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $76,885. The largest single penalty, $18,750, came from an inspection opened Feb 28, 2022 in Corning. That places the employer at #719 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 4 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Corning, Modesto.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2022 | Corning | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $15,750 | Sep 14, 2022 |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Corning | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $29,700 | $18,750 | Sep 14, 2022 |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Corning | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Sep 19, 2019 |
| Aug 31, 2017 | Corning | Complaint | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Jan 26, 2018 |
| Aug 21, 2017 | Corning | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $27,000 | $18,175 | Mar 7, 2018 |
| Oct 30, 2014 | Corning | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Jan 20, 2015 |
| Jan 22, 2013 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 4, 2013 |
| Aug 28, 2012 | Corning | Accident | 1 citation | $465 | $465 | Dec 5, 2012 |
| Jul 18, 2012 | Modesto | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2012 |
| Jun 14, 2012 | Corning | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $14,000 | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Aug 23, 2010 | Corning | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $8,010 | $3,150 | May 2, 2016 |
| Mar 27, 2008 | Corning | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 4, 2008 |
| Jul 5, 2007 | Corning | Accident | 1 citation | $1,000 | $1,000 | Oct 18, 2007 |
| Oct 24, 2002 | Corning | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $5,100 | $3,300 | Sep 30, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Bell-Carter Foods Inc; Bell Carter Foods Inc dba Bell Carter Olive Packin; Bell-Carter Foods Inc dba Bell-Carter Packaging MO; Bell Carter Foods; Bell-Carter Foods, Inc.; Bell-Carter Foods, Inc; Bell-Carter Foods LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,200
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 2 serious, $29,750
- 8 CCR 4070: 2 citations, $3,300
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3480: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $15,750
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto employment lawyer.
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 Bell Carter Foods Inc
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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.