Darling Ingredients Inc safety record at a glance
Darling Ingredients Inc has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 17, 2016 and May 27, 2020. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $42,185 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $18,970. The largest single penalty, $7,500, came from an inspection opened May 27, 2020 in Crows Landing. That places the employer at #7,275 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Crows Landing, Vernon, San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2020 | Crows Landing | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $7,500 $18,900 proposed | Jan 14, 2021 |
| Apr 3, 2019 | Crows Landing | Complaint | 2 citations | $600 | Nov 21, 2019 |
| Jul 2, 2018 | Crows Landing | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 $1,200 proposed | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Oct 26, 2017 | Crows Landing | Accident | 1 citation | $3,000 $5,060 proposed | Aug 3, 2018 |
| Sep 13, 2017 | Vernon | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Sep 18, 2017 |
| Aug 15, 2017 | Vernon | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,000 $8,625 proposed | Mar 19, 2019 |
| May 17, 2016 | San Francisco | Complaint | 9 citations 1 serious | $4,270 $7,800 proposed | Oct 11, 2016 |
Also recorded as: Darling Ingredients; Darling Ingredients Inc.; Darling Ingredients, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, $6,150
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $395
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 2 citations, $200
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $200
- 8 CCR 3944, Guard Clearances: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 4050, Shafting, Collars, Clutches, and Couplings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3363, Water supply: 1 citation, $600
Accidents investigated
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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 Darling Ingredients 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.