Foster Farms Dairy safety record at a glance
Foster Farms Dairy has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 6, 2000 and Jan 10, 2018. 6 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $44,910 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,185. The largest single penalty, $6,085, came from an inspection opened Jan 10, 2018 in Modesto. That places the employer at #17,288 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Modesto, Fresno, Hickman.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2018 | Modesto | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $8,160 | $6,085 | May 7, 2018 |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Modesto | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2015 |
| Aug 9, 2010 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 17, 2010 |
| Mar 18, 2009 | Fresno | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Feb 11, 2008 | Modesto | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 15, 2008 |
| Jun 6, 2007 | Modesto | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 14, 2007 |
| May 11, 2007 | Hickman | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 23, 2007 |
| Sep 8, 2005 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2005 |
| Mar 11, 2005 | Modesto | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $600 | Feb 1, 2007 |
| Nov 8, 2004 | Modesto | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 14, 2005 |
| Aug 22, 2003 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Dec 1, 2007 |
| Mar 11, 2003 | Fresno | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $750 | Apr 27, 2005 |
| Apr 6, 2000 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Oct 26, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,200
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 3340: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $160
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto employment lawyer, Fresno 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 Farms Dairy
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.