Chavez Farm Labor Contractor Inc. safety record at a glance
Chavez Farm Labor Contractor Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 4, 2011 and Jun 12, 2026. 3 of them were accident inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 5 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $25,865 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $14,995. The largest single penalty, $8,435, came from an inspection opened Jul 3, 2013 in Knights Landing. That places the employer at #10,286 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Meridian, Arbuckle, Willows, College City, Knights Landing, Woodland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Meridian | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Meridian | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jul 31, 2024 |
| Jun 22, 2021 | Arbuckle | Accident | 4 citations | $6,560 $17,430 proposed | Oct 23, 2023 |
| Jul 14, 2020 | Willows | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jul 20, 2020 |
| Jun 25, 2019 | College City | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 23, 2019 |
| Jul 3, 2013 | Knights Landing | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,435 | Dec 28, 2015 |
| Jul 3, 2013 | Woodland | Referral | no citations | $0 | Dec 5, 2013 |
| Aug 4, 2011 | Woodland | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jan 17, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Chavez Farm Labor Contractor, Inc.; Chavez Farm Labor Contractor Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 5 citations, 1 serious, $14,995
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 Chavez Farm Labor Contractor 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.