Buttonwillow Warehouse Company, Inc. safety record at a glance
Buttonwillow Warehouse Company, Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 10, 2013 and Apr 23, 2025. 3 of them were planned inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $104,710 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $67,605. The largest single penalty, $23,885, came from an inspection opened Jul 6, 2015 in Buttonwillow. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #908 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Corcoran, Visalia, Delano, Buttonwillow, Bakersfield.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2025 | Corcoran | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $3,375 $7,685 proposed | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Corcoran | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $10,800 $12,600 proposed | May 6, 2024 |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Corcoran | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Dec 3, 2021 |
| Aug 5, 2020 | Visalia | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 23, 2020 |
| Oct 28, 2019 | Delano | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $21,500 $27,500 proposed | Jan 21, 2021 |
| Jul 26, 2016 | Buttonwillow | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,500 $6,125 proposed | May 1, 2017 |
| Jul 6, 2015 | Buttonwillow | Complaint | 4 citations 3 serious | $23,885 $44,625 proposed | Aug 19, 2016 |
| Dec 10, 2013 | Bakersfield | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $4,545 $6,175 proposed | Mar 13, 2015 |
Also recorded as: Buttonwillow Warehouse Company; Buttonwillow Warehouse Company Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 4 citations, 3 serious, $23,885
- 8 CCR 501, Installation of Aboveground Storage Tanks for Other Than Refrigeration Service: 3 citations, 1 serious, $4,610
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3382, Eye and Face Protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,500
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,000
- 8 CCR 4050, Shafting, Collars, Clutches, and Couplings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Visalia 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Buttonwillow Warehouse Company, Inc.
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.