Elkhorn Packing CO., LLC safety record at a glance
Elkhorn Packing CO., LLC has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 2, 2000 and Jan 21, 2026. 7 of them were planned inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $82,295 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $45,255. The largest single penalty, $10,800, came from an inspection opened Apr 24, 2015 in Watsonville. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,786 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 13 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Westmorland, Gilroy, Salinas, Soledad, Castroville, Watsonville, Chualar.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2026 | Westmorland | Planned | 6 citations | $2,060 | $2,060 | open |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Gilroy | Planned | 1 citation | $635 | $635 | Dec 9, 2024 |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Salinas | Complaint | 1 citation | $1,500 | $1,500 | Feb 7, 2022 |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,400 | $4,050 | Jul 12, 2021 |
| Jul 13, 2020 | Salinas | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations | $16,200 | $10,000 | Jan 16, 2024 |
| Jun 11, 2019 | Soledad | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 14, 2019 |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Castroville | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $1,065 | $425 | Mar 12, 2016 |
| Apr 24, 2015 | Watsonville | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $25,200 | $10,800 | Mar 12, 2016 |
| Nov 6, 2014 | Salinas | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,700 | $10,050 | Mar 9, 2016 |
| Aug 8, 2013 | Salinas | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $9,185 | $4,385 | Nov 1, 2013 |
| Jul 17, 2013 | Chualar | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 12, 2013 |
| Dec 4, 2008 | Castroville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 4, 2008 |
| Jun 14, 2006 | Castroville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 1, 2006 |
| Jun 14, 2001 | Castroville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2001 |
| Aug 2, 2000 | Castroville | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $1,350 | $1,350 | Jun 15, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Elkhorn Packing; Elkhorn Packing CO LLC; Elkhorn Packing LLC; Elkhorn Packing CO.; Elkhorn Packing CO. LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 1 serious, $14,950
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 3 citations, 3 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 2 serious, $10,985
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $1,235
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 1 citation, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3456: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 3653: 1 citation, $425
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation, $375
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 Elkhorn Packing CO., 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.