Foothill Packing, Inc. safety record at a glance
Foothill Packing, Inc. has been the subject of 60 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 13, 2001 and Sep 30, 2026. 27 of them were planned inspections. 24 of them produced citations, 49 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $228,810 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $137,860. The largest single penalty, $56,000, came from an inspection opened Apr 9, 2024 in Soledad. 5 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #236 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 8 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in King City, Gilroy, Salinas, Thermal, Soledad, Gonzales, Chualar, Geyserville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | King City | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Gilroy | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 4, 2026 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Mar 21, 2026 | King City | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | open |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Thermal | Planned | 4 citations | $2,175 | $2,175 | open |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Soledad | Fatality or catastrophe | death 5 citations 3 serious | $56,000 | $56,000 | open |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Gonzales | Accident | 6 citations | $21,175 | $11,905 | Apr 27, 2026 |
| May 17, 2023 | King City | Referral | 1 citation | $900 | $900 | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 12, 2019 |
| Jun 12, 2019 | Gilroy | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Jun 10, 2019 | King City | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 12, 2019 |
| May 22, 2018 | Gonzales | Accident | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Jul 11, 2019 |
| Oct 18, 2017 | Chualar | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations | $18,000 | $10,000 | Jun 10, 2019 |
| May 12, 2017 | Chualar | Accident | 3 citations | $15,200 | $2,600 | Oct 18, 2019 |
| Jul 19, 2016 | Geyserville | Accident | 3 citations | $12,105 | $12,105 | Mar 12, 2018 |
| Jul 12, 2016 | Watsonville | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $2,000 | Oct 9, 2017 |
| Jun 9, 2016 | Blythe | Accident | 2 citations | $1,500 | $1,500 | Dec 27, 2016 |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Newman | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $365 | $365 | Feb 2, 2016 |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Guadalupe | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 30, 2017 |
| Feb 12, 2015 | Bard | Complaint | 1 citation | $900 | 0 | May 10, 2016 |
| Jul 3, 2014 | Soledad | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 2, 2014 |
| May 21, 2014 | Calexico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 16, 2014 |
| Jul 24, 2013 | San Juan Bautista | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 12, 2013 |
| Jul 2, 2013 | Five Points | Accident | death 2 citations 1 serious | $25,750 | $25,750 | open |
| Jun 26, 2013 | San Juan Bautista | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 8, 2013 |
| Jun 12, 2013 | Blythe | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 17, 2013 |
| Sep 19, 2012 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation | $13,500 | $2,925 | Aug 10, 2013 |
| Sep 11, 2012 | Santa Maria | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2012 |
| Jun 5, 2012 | Salinas | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2012 |
| Aug 25, 2011 | San Juan Bautista | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 26, 2011 |
| Aug 4, 2011 | King City | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 29, 2011 |
| Aug 3, 2011 | San Juan Bautista | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 13, 2011 |
| Aug 3, 2011 | San Juan Bautista | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 31, 2011 |
| Aug 3, 2011 | Hollister | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 31, 2011 |
| Oct 9, 2010 | Salinas | Accident | death 1 citation | $2,625 | $2,625 | Oct 9, 2012 |
| Jul 19, 2010 | Santa Maria | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2010 |
| Mar 16, 2010 | Holtville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 18, 2010 |
| Sep 22, 2009 | Hollister | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 12, 2009 |
| May 15, 2009 | Hollister | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 13, 2009 |
| Apr 2, 2009 | San Juan Bautista | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 3, 2009 |
| Feb 3, 2009 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 3, 2009 |
| Dec 3, 2008 | San Juan Bautista | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 7, 2009 |
| Aug 8, 2008 | Five Points | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 11, 2008 |
| Jul 17, 2008 | Five Points | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 11, 2008 |
| Jul 25, 2007 | King City | Planned | 2 citations | $750 | $300 | Sep 11, 2008 |
| Jun 16, 2007 | King City | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2007 |
| Jun 15, 2007 | King City | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2007 |
| May 3, 2007 | Winterhaven | Planned | 4 citations | $27,000 | $2,400 | Mar 19, 2009 |
| Feb 27, 2007 | Holtville | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 1, 2007 |
| Jan 11, 2007 | Holtville | Planned | 1 citation | $6,750 | $900 | Dec 8, 2008 |
| Jan 11, 2007 | Holtville | Planned | 1 citation | $2,025 | $560 | Dec 8, 2008 |
| Sep 11, 2006 | King City | Complaint | 2 citations | $980 | $450 | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | King City | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2006 |
| May 13, 2006 | King City | Planned | 1 citation | $110 | 0 | Nov 29, 2006 |
| Nov 30, 2005 | Winterhaven | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 30, 2005 |
| Nov 29, 2005 | Winterhaven | Planned | 2 citations | $1,500 | $900 | Sep 27, 2006 |
| Nov 29, 2005 | Bard | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 23, 2006 |
| Apr 20, 2005 | King City | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 12, 2005 |
| Sep 13, 2004 | King City | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 5, 2006 |
| Jun 13, 2001 | King City | Planned | 1 citation | $350 | $350 | Mar 11, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Foothill Packing Inc.; Foothill Packing; Foothill Packing Inc; Foothill Packing, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 10 citations, 1 serious, $49,745
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 7 citations, $4,330
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 6 citations, 2 serious, $44,110
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 5 citations, $2,755
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 4 citations, $11,235
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 3 citations, $1,760
- 8 CCR 3440: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,900
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 2 citations, $1,000
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 Foothill Packing, Inc.
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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.