Earthbound Farm, LLC safety record at a glance
Earthbound Farm, LLC has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 25, 2010 and Jun 14, 2018. 8 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $55,805 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,555. The largest single penalty, $9,000, came from an inspection opened Nov 15, 2016 in San Juan Bautista. That places the employer at #6,910 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in San Juan Bautista.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2018 | San Juan Bautista | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $300 | 0 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| Nov 15, 2016 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $9,000 | May 4, 2017 |
| Nov 15, 2016 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Sep 23, 2016 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 18, 2017 |
| Mar 29, 2016 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Jan 18, 2017 |
| Jun 4, 2014 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Dec 3, 2014 |
| Apr 23, 2012 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $4,050 | Jul 27, 2013 |
| Aug 25, 2011 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $5,000 | Dec 22, 2012 |
| Aug 25, 2010 | San Juan Bautista | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jan 8, 2011 |
Also recorded as: Earthbound Farm; Earthbound Farm LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,130
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 2 serious, $13,050
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $375
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. 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 Earthbound Farm, LLC
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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.