Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. safety record at a glance
Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. has been the subject of 36 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 10, 2000 and Jul 6, 2023. 13 of them were complaint inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 29 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $139,070 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $98,575. The largest single penalty, $32,650, came from an inspection opened Jun 13, 2020 in Soledad. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #463 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Salinas, Marina, Soledad, Watsonville, Gonzales, Camarillo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2023 | Salinas | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 25, 2023 |
| Oct 15, 2020 | Marina | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 12, 2021 |
| Jun 13, 2020 | Soledad | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 1 serious | $34,000 | $32,650 | Aug 7, 2023 |
| Aug 1, 2019 | Soledad | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 11, 2019 |
| May 24, 2019 | Watsonville | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $26,285 | $18,635 | Apr 20, 2020 |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Soledad | Accident | 3 citations | $6,600 | $4,800 | Dec 27, 2019 |
| Oct 16, 2017 | Soledad | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $26,550 | $18,810 | Dec 17, 2018 |
| Mar 17, 2016 | Soledad | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 24, 2016 |
| Jul 29, 2013 | Gonzales | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2013 |
| Oct 2, 2012 | Soledad | Accident | death 2 citations 1 serious | $22,950 | $11,850 | Sep 6, 2014 |
| Nov 16, 2011 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 9, 2011 |
| Aug 3, 2011 | Gonzales | Accident | 1 citation | $8,100 | $7,000 | Mar 17, 2012 |
| Dec 13, 2010 | Soledad | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 5, 2011 |
| Aug 13, 2010 | Soledad | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 2, 2010 |
| Jun 3, 2010 | Marina | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 7, 2010 |
| Mar 16, 2010 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 8, 2010 |
| Nov 12, 2009 | Salinas | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $9,000 | $975 | Apr 2, 2011 |
| Apr 1, 2009 | Salinas | Planned | 1 citation | $550 | $400 | Jul 7, 2011 |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Soledad | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | 0 | Mar 9, 2009 |
| Dec 1, 2008 | Soledad | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,030 | $465 | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Apr 8, 2008 | Soledad | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,920 | $1,920 | Jul 1, 2010 |
| Oct 23, 2007 | Soledad | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2007 |
| Jun 15, 2007 | Marina | Accident | 2 citations | $1,000 | $325 | Jan 29, 2009 |
| Jun 15, 2007 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2007 |
| Jun 15, 2007 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 29, 2007 |
| Jan 18, 2006 | Salinas | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jul 26, 2007 |
| Nov 4, 2005 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 1, 2006 |
| Aug 8, 2005 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2005 |
| Nov 23, 2004 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 3, 2004 |
| Sep 15, 2003 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2003 |
| Jul 16, 2003 | Soledad | Planned | 2 citations | $560 | $370 | Apr 30, 2005 |
| Jun 13, 2001 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 3, 2001 |
| May 3, 2001 | Camarillo | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 16, 2001 |
| Aug 2, 2000 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 21, 2000 |
| May 23, 2000 | Soledad | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2000 |
| May 10, 2000 | Salinas | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Aug 2, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Dole Fresh Vegetables; Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc.; Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 2 serious, $25,810
- 8 CCR 5189: 4 citations, $1,400
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 3 citations, 1 serious, $19,035
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,975
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, 1 serious, $11,850
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $800
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, $7,650
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $7,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Salinas employment lawyer.
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Dole Fresh Vegetables, 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.