Desert Harvest Inc. safety record at a glance
Desert Harvest Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 26, 2002 and Jan 21, 2016. 6 of them were planned inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 2 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $11,530 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,395. The largest single penalty, $2,775, came from an inspection opened Jan 21, 2016 in Thermal. That places the employer at #23,678 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Thermal, Mec, Coachella.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2016 | Thermal | Complaint | 3 citations 2 serious | $7,830 | $2,775 | Mar 29, 2017 |
| Jun 19, 2012 | Mec | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 28, 2012 |
| Jun 1, 2010 | Coachella | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 1, 2010 |
| Jun 19, 2009 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 2, 2009 |
| Apr 15, 2009 | Mec | Planned | 2 citations | $1,450 | $370 | Aug 12, 2010 |
| Feb 26, 2009 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 5, 2009 |
| Jun 6, 2002 | Thermal | Planned | 1 citation 1 repeat | $1,500 | $1,500 | Feb 20, 2003 |
| Mar 26, 2002 | Thermal | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Jul 22, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Desert Harvest Inc; Desert Harvest, Inc.; Desert Harvest.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 3 citations, $2,435
- 8 CCR 3657: 2 citations, 2 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $75
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 Desert Harvest Inc.
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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.