Bidart Bros. safety record at a glance
Bidart Bros. has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 5, 2003 and May 10, 2018. 3 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 9 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $28,165 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,365. The largest single penalty, $8,100, came from an inspection opened Jun 5, 2003 in Bakersfield. That places the employer at #11,628 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Bakersfield, Shafter.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2018 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2018 |
| May 8, 2013 | Bakersfield | Referral | 2 citations | $465 | $465 | Oct 31, 2013 |
| Jul 10, 2009 | Bakersfield | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Oct 28, 2009 |
| Jun 29, 2009 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 1 citation | $315 | $315 | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Jul 13, 2006 | Bakersfield | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $8,635 | $3,735 | Nov 21, 2006 |
| Oct 19, 2004 | Shafter | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 2, 2005 |
| Jun 5, 2003 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $8,100 | Jul 1, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Bidart Bros Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 2 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,100
- 8 CCR 4070: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 3235: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $315
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $160
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Bakersfield 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 Bidart Bros.
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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.