Dahlstrom & Watt Bulb Farms Inc safety record at a glance
Dahlstrom & Watt Bulb Farms Inc has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 26, 2002 and Jun 25, 2020. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $10,730 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,700. The largest single penalty, $3,250, came from an inspection opened Sep 26, 2012 in Smith River. That places the employer at #22,516 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Smith River.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2020 | Smith River | Complaint | 2 citations | $610 | $450 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Sep 5, 2013 | Smith River | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 5, 2013 |
| Sep 26, 2012 | Smith River | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,120 | $3,250 | Nov 21, 2013 |
| Jun 10, 2009 | Smith River | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 18, 2009 |
| Aug 22, 2007 | Smith River | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Mar 3, 2008 |
| Aug 22, 2007 | Smith River | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Sep 19, 2007 |
| Jun 26, 2002 | Smith River | Planned | 1 citation | $500 | $500 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Dahlstrom & Watt Bulb Farms Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3226: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3657: 1 citation, $500
- 8 CCR 3325: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 3653: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 1 citation, $225
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 Dahlstrom & Watt Bulb Farms 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.