Foster Dairy Farms safety record at a glance
Foster Dairy Farms has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 12, 2001 and Jun 5, 2023. 7 of them were accident inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 35 in all: 13 serious. Inspectors proposed $153,130 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $125,200. The largest single penalty, $46,680, came from an inspection opened Dec 6, 2018 in Modesto. That places the employer at #275 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Modesto, Denair, Fortuna, Hickman, Stockton, West Sacramento.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2023 | Modesto | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 28, 2023 |
| May 4, 2022 | Modesto | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $22,710 | $22,710 | Nov 13, 2022 |
| Dec 14, 2020 | Denair | Accident | 1 citation | $800 | 0 | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Dec 5, 2019 | Modesto | Follow-up | 5 citations 2 serious | $31,235 | $16,360 | Jul 1, 2020 |
| Aug 26, 2019 | Modesto | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Jan 29, 2020 |
| Jul 8, 2019 | Modesto | Complaint | 5 citations 1 serious | $12,895 | $6,900 | Feb 20, 2020 |
| Dec 6, 2018 | Modesto | Planned | 9 citations 7 serious | $46,680 | $46,680 | Aug 9, 2019 |
| Jun 5, 2017 | Modesto | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Sep 28, 2017 |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Fortuna | Accident | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Aug 7, 2017 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | Modesto | Complaint | 7 citations | $14,275 | $8,025 | Mar 22, 2018 |
| May 20, 2014 | Hickman | Accident | 1 citation | $310 | $300 | Mar 12, 2015 |
| Sep 2, 2010 | Stockton | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2010 |
| Mar 4, 2010 | West Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Dec 9, 2005 | West Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 19, 2006 |
| Oct 12, 2001 | Modesto | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,065 | $5,065 | Apr 16, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Foster Dairy Farms, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4075: 3 citations, 2 serious, $11,775
- 8 CCR 4051: 3 citations, 1 serious, $8,050
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $635
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 2 citations, 2 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 2 citations, 2 serious, $11,025
- 8 CCR 5189: 2 citations, 1 serious, $8,995
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $825
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto 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 Foster Dairy Farms
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.