Garza, Inc. safety record at a glance
Garza, Inc. has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 7, 2012 and Jul 22, 2016. 8 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $16,255 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $7,725. The largest single penalty, $4,870, came from an inspection opened Jul 23, 2013 in Bakersfield. That places the employer at #17,942 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Arvin, Bakersfield, Mec, Thermal.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2016 | Arvin | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Feb 13, 2017 |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Arvin | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 18, 2015 |
| Jul 17, 2014 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 12, 2015 |
| Jul 11, 2014 | Mec | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 6, 2015 |
| Jun 19, 2014 | Bakersfield | Planned | 1 citation | $110 | $110 | Apr 12, 2016 |
| May 15, 2014 | Bakersfield | Referral | 3 citations | $4,190 | $685 | Oct 23, 2014 |
| Apr 30, 2014 | Arvin | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 3, 2014 |
| Oct 21, 2013 | Mec | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | $450 | Jul 25, 2014 |
| Oct 7, 2013 | Arvin | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 3, 2014 |
| Sep 24, 2013 | Thermal | Planned | 3 citations | $1,680 | $560 | Jun 30, 2014 |
| Sep 19, 2013 | Bakersfield | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 16, 2013 |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Bakersfield | Planned | 3 citations | $1,730 | $750 | Oct 20, 2014 |
| Jul 23, 2013 | Bakersfield | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $7,120 | $4,870 | Sep 23, 2014 |
| Aug 16, 2012 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 9, 2012 |
| Aug 7, 2012 | Arvin | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 7, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Garza Inc; Garza Inc.; Garza, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 5 citations, 1 serious, $5,235
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 4 citations, $1,295
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $635
- 8 CCR 3659: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3657: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Bakersfield 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 Garza, 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 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.