Brawley Beef safety record at a glance
Brawley Beef has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 19, 2002 and Jun 16, 2006. 4 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 47 in all: 13 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $144,080 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $77,460. The largest single penalty, $37,250, came from an inspection opened Nov 21, 2002 in Brawley. That places the employer at #707 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Brawley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2006 | Brawley | Follow-up | 1 citation | $635 | $635 | Sep 20, 2007 |
| Sep 14, 2005 | Brawley | Accident | 2 citations | $950 | $950 | Oct 9, 2006 |
| Nov 21, 2002 | Brawley | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious 2 repeat | $37,250 | $37,250 | Apr 25, 2003 |
| Nov 14, 2002 | Brawley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 10, 2003 |
| Sep 17, 2002 | Brawley | Planned | 9 citations 2 serious | $13,015 | $8,805 | Aug 24, 2009 |
| Aug 28, 2002 | Brawley | Referral | 7 citations 2 serious | $30,370 | $7,650 | Mar 14, 2008 |
| Aug 19, 2002 | Brawley | Accident | 24 citations 8 serious | $61,860 | $22,170 | Apr 28, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Brawley Beef LLC aka National Beef; Brawley Beef LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 7 citations, 1 serious, $5,150
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $18,940
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, 1 serious, $4,290
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 2 citations, 1 serious, $21,375
- 8 CCR 4650: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $1,375
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $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.
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If you work, or worked, at Brawley Beef
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.