Fruit Harvest Inc. safety record at a glance
Fruit Harvest Inc. has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 31, 2004 and Jun 1, 2018. 4 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $86,100 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $45,040. The largest single penalty, $33,740, came from an inspection opened Jun 2, 2016 in Laton. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #1,802 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Kingsburg, Sanger, Parlier, Laton, Hanford, Kettleman City, Caruthers, Fresno.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2018 | Kingsburg | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 2, 2018 |
| Jan 31, 2018 | Sanger | Accident | 1 citation | $800 | Apr 25, 2018 |
| Dec 29, 2017 | Parlier | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations | $2,000 $22,500 proposed | Feb 7, 2019 |
| Jul 19, 2016 | Sanger | Accident | 2 citations | $3,800 $6,000 proposed | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Jun 2, 2016 | Laton | Fatality or catastrophe | death 6 citations 4 serious | $33,740 | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Jul 16, 2015 | Hanford | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 12, 2015 |
| Sep 24, 2009 | Kettleman City | Accident | 1 citation | $2,000 $18,000 proposed | Sep 7, 2012 |
| Sep 6, 2006 | Caruthers | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 $5,060 proposed | Dec 29, 2008 |
| Aug 31, 2004 | Fresno | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 3, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Fruit Harvest Inc; Fruit Harvest; Fruit Harvest, Inc; Fruit Harvest, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 6 citations, 4 serious, $33,740
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,500
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,800
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 3439, First-Aid Kit: 1 citation, $1,000
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 Fruit Harvest Inc.
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.