Bonita Packing safety record at a glance
Bonita Packing has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 3, 2004 and Mar 27, 2018. 2 of them were accident inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $24,095 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $10,790. The largest single penalty, $7,500, came from an inspection opened Sep 29, 2017 in Santa Maria. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #14,576 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Santa Maria.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2018 | Santa Maria | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 20, 2018 |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Santa Maria | Unprogrammed related | 4 citations 1 serious | $16,305 | $7,500 | Jul 2, 2018 |
| May 10, 2006 | Santa Maria | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2006 |
| Dec 7, 2005 | Santa Maria | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 1, 2006 |
| Dec 7, 2005 | Santa Maria | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 27, 2005 |
| Mar 3, 2004 | Santa Maria | Planned | 13 citations | $7,790 | $3,290 | Jul 14, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Bonita Packing CO; Bonita Packing CO., Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 7 citations, $1,845
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, $275
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $310
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $275
- 8 CCR 3578: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, $225
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Maria 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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Bonita Packing
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.