Farmers' Rice Cooperative safety record at a glance
Farmers' Rice Cooperative has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 17, 2005 and Jul 21, 2026. 10 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $104,190 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $64,965. The largest single penalty, $21,900, came from an inspection opened Oct 17, 2005 in Colusa. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #968 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in West Sacramento, Sutter, Colusa.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | West Sacramento | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Dec 5, 2023 | West Sacramento | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $10,200 $18,300 proposed | Jun 2, 2025 |
| Jun 1, 2021 | West Sacramento | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Oct 18, 2021 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | Sutter | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,350 | Apr 20, 2021 |
| May 16, 2019 | West Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $420 | Oct 14, 2019 |
| Apr 15, 2019 | West Sacramento | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $10,075 $14,575 proposed | Oct 14, 2019 |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Colusa | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 22, 2019 |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Sutter | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 12, 2018 |
| Jan 23, 2014 | West Sacramento | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $15,250 $25,250 proposed | Dec 3, 2014 |
| Dec 10, 2012 | West Sacramento | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 30, 2013 |
| Aug 31, 2012 | West Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | Dec 5, 2012 |
| Jan 14, 2010 | West Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $900 $4,050 proposed | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Aug 12, 2008 | West Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $225 | Aug 30, 2010 |
| Jun 5, 2007 | West Sacramento | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,710 $6,410 proposed | Aug 30, 2010 |
| Oct 24, 2005 | Colusa | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $560 $1,120 proposed | Dec 7, 2007 |
| Oct 17, 2005 | Colusa | Accident | 2 deaths 7 citations 1 serious | $21,900 $32,115 proposed | Mar 17, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Farmers Rice Cooperative.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 9 citations, 4 serious, $32,055
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,450
- 8 CCR 3277, Fixed Ladders: 2 citations, $1,350
- 8 CCR 3942, Type of Guarding Required: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3482: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $900
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Farmers' Rice Cooperative
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.