Eat Sweet Farms, LLC safety record at a glance
Eat Sweet Farms, LLC has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 17, 2016 and Sep 15, 2026. 6 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $98,285 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $62,600. The largest single penalty, $24,635, came from an inspection opened Mar 17, 2022 in Santa Maria. That places the employer at #1,020 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 Ventura, Moss Landing, Santa Maria, Arroyo Grande.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Ventura | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Moss Landing | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| May 3, 2022 | Ventura | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 17, 2022 |
| Mar 17, 2022 | Santa Maria | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $40,685 | $24,635 | open |
| May 10, 2021 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 | $2,700 | May 16, 2023 |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Santa Maria | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $24,450 | $19,190 | open |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Arroyo Grande | Referral | 1 citation | $175 | $175 | May 25, 2021 |
| Sep 11, 2019 | Santa Maria | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 11, 2020 |
| Feb 28, 2017 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,750 | Jul 27, 2018 |
| Oct 17, 2016 | Santa Maria | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $24,600 | $12,150 | Jan 22, 2020 |
Also recorded as: Eat Sweet Farms; Eat Sweet Farms; Eat Sweet Farms LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 3 citations, 2 serious, $20,010
- 8 CCR 3440: 2 citations, 2 serious, $23,040
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $4,750
- 8 CCR 3439: 2 citations, $325
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 3381: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3209: 1 citation, $325
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Maria 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 Eat Sweet Farms, LLC
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.