BYRD Harvest, Inc. safety record at a glance
BYRD Harvest, Inc. has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 25, 2007 and Feb 20, 2026. 5 of them were planned inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $33,810 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $29,700. The largest single penalty, $23,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 8, 2022 in Guadalupe. That places the employer at #3,591 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Nipomo, Guadalupe, Arroyo Grande, Arroyo, Santa Maria.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2026 | Nipomo | Planned | 4 citations | $3,200 | open |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Guadalupe | Fatality or catastrophe | 3 citations | $2,400 | open |
| Feb 8, 2022 | Guadalupe | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | open |
| Jul 25, 2013 | Arroyo Grande | Planned | 3 citations | $915 $5,025 proposed | Sep 15, 2014 |
| Aug 10, 2011 | Arroyo | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 17, 2011 |
| Jul 9, 2008 | Santa Maria | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jul 14, 2008 |
| Oct 25, 2007 | Guadalupe | Planned | 1 citation | $185 | Jun 5, 2008 |
Also recorded as: BYRD Harvest, Inc; BYRD Harvest Inc; BYRD Harvest Inc dba BYRD Produce CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $1,585
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,165
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 2 citations, $1,550
- 8 CCR 3653, Seat Belts: 2 citations, $1,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $800
- 8 CCR 6401.9: 1 citation, $800
- 8 CCR 3439, First-Aid Kit: 1 citation, $800
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. 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.
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If you work, or worked, at BYRD Harvest, Inc.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 4, 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.