Etchegaray Farms, LLC safety record at a glance
Etchegaray Farms, LLC has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 29, 2005 and Jun 9, 2025. 4 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 27 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $65,440 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $44,055. The largest single penalty, $36,165, came from an inspection opened Jul 5, 2013 in Richgrove. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #1,884 of 122,853 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 Mc Farland, Richgrove, Delano, Bakersfield, McFarland, Earlimart.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2025 | Mc Farland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Apr 8, 2021 | Richgrove | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 27, 2021 |
| Jul 25, 2016 | Richgrove | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 18, 2017 |
| Aug 26, 2014 | Delano | Referral | 2 citations | $750 | Dec 21, 2015 |
| Jul 5, 2013 | Richgrove | Accident | death 9 citations 6 serious | $36,165 $52,800 proposed | May 22, 2016 |
| May 18, 2010 | Bakersfield | Planned | 2 citations | $990 | Sep 20, 2010 |
| Mar 10, 2010 | McFarland | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| Jul 9, 2009 | Bakersfield | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jul 28, 2009 |
| Jan 15, 2009 | Earlimart | Complaint | 14 citations 1 serious | $6,150 $10,900 proposed | Aug 6, 2010 |
| Aug 29, 2005 | Earlimart | Accident | no inspection made | $0 | Apr 18, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Etchegaray Farms; Etchegaray Farms LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 7 citations, 6 serious, $35,415
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 2 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 2 citations, $715
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 2 citations, $250
- 8 CCR 3439, First-Aid Kit: 2 citations, $240
- 8 CCR 4070, Guarding: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 4845, General Precautions: 1 citation, $500
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Etchegaray 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 4, 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.