Central Valley Meat CO., Inc. safety record at a glance
Central Valley Meat CO., Inc. has been the subject of 24 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 8, 2000 and Jun 18, 2025. 13 of them were accident inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 28 in all: 12 serious. Inspectors proposed $177,595 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $132,035. The largest single penalty, $29,025, came from an inspection opened Feb 8, 2022 in Hanford. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #256 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Hanford.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2025 | Hanford | Fatality or catastrophe | no citations | $0 | Nov 20, 2025 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Hanford | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 10, 2025 |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Hanford | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 20, 2024 |
| Aug 31, 2023 | Hanford | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Apr 14, 2025 |
| Aug 30, 2022 | Hanford | Complaint | 6 citations | $1,310 $2,660 proposed | Aug 26, 2024 |
| Feb 8, 2022 | Hanford | Accident | 3 citations 3 serious | $29,025 $37,795 proposed | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Apr 3, 2020 | Hanford | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 4, 2021 |
| Oct 23, 2019 | Hanford | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 13, 2020 |
| Dec 11, 2018 | Hanford | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 31, 2019 |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Hanford | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Oct 20, 2017 |
| Jul 17, 2017 | Hanford | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,185 $7,550 proposed | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Feb 1, 2017 | Hanford | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 28, 2017 |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Hanford | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 27, 2017 |
| May 19, 2016 | Hanford | Complaint | 5 citations 2 serious | $19,590 | Mar 17, 2017 |
| Feb 6, 2013 | Hanford | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Feb 28, 2011 | Hanford | Accident | death 3 citations 2 serious | $18,420 $36,420 proposed | Mar 6, 2013 |
| Jan 13, 2011 | Hanford | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Jan 20, 2012 |
| Feb 16, 2010 | Hanford | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | Aug 25, 2010 |
| Nov 16, 2004 | Hanford | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Mar 24, 2009 |
| Jul 17, 2003 | Hanford | Accident | no inspection made | $0 | Aug 12, 2003 |
| Jul 26, 2002 | Hanford | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,085 $18,160 proposed | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Dec 4, 2001 | Hanford | Accident | 1 citation | $675 | Jan 10, 2003 |
| Apr 24, 2000 | Hanford | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 11, 2000 |
| Mar 8, 2000 | Hanford | Accident | 2 citations | $560 | Jul 17, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Central Valley Meat CO Inc; Central Valley Meat CO. Inc.; Central Valley Meat Company; Central Valley Meat.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 5 serious, $65,025
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $2,560
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,560
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $535
- 8 CCR 4552, Meat, Fish and Other Food Grinders: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3383, Body Protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
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 Central Valley Meat CO., 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 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.