Grimmway Farms safety record at a glance
Grimmway Farms has been the subject of 30 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 31, 2000 and Feb 20, 2014. 10 of them were planned inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $110,315 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $51,915. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 28, 2012 in Arvin. That places the employer at #1,387 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 4 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 11 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Manufacturing. Worksites in Westmoreland, Arvin, Bakersfield, Madera, New Cuyama, Rosamond, Shafter, Thermal.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2014 | Westmoreland | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $6,550 | $6,550 | Nov 20, 2014 |
| Feb 28, 2012 | Arvin | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Jul 16, 2011 | Arvin | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 16, 2011 |
| Apr 18, 2011 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 18, 2011 |
| Jun 10, 2010 | Arvin | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2010 |
| Jan 29, 2010 | Arvin | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2010 |
| Jan 5, 2010 | Arvin | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $1,275 | Aug 19, 2011 |
| Jan 5, 2010 | Arvin | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 17, 2010 |
| Feb 13, 2009 | Madera | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Nov 13, 2008 | Arvin | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $18,000 | $750 | Oct 10, 2011 |
| Jun 27, 2008 | New Cuyama | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $5,600 | $1,400 | Dec 28, 2009 |
| Apr 11, 2007 | Arvin | Complaint | 1 citation | $630 | $335 | Oct 29, 2008 |
| Sep 6, 2006 | Arvin | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 6, 2006 |
| Aug 23, 2006 | Bakersfield | Planned | 5 citations | $2,810 | $935 | Jun 6, 2008 |
| Aug 15, 2006 | Rosamond | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 11, 2006 |
| Feb 23, 2006 | Arvin | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $21,375 | $3,450 | Dec 18, 2008 |
| Jan 28, 2005 | Shafter | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 22, 2005 |
| Jan 27, 2005 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2005 |
| Jan 13, 2004 | Shafter | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 14, 2004 |
| Sep 10, 2003 | Arvin | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Jul 13, 2005 |
| May 14, 2003 | Thermal | Planned | 2 citations | $935 | $935 | Dec 15, 2003 |
| Nov 4, 2002 | Coachella | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2002 |
| May 23, 2002 | Lamont | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 18, 2002 |
| May 2, 2002 | Arvin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 8, 2002 |
| Apr 4, 2002 | El Centro | Planned | 1 citation | $280 | $150 | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Mar 27, 2002 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 19, 2002 |
| Mar 26, 2002 | Thermal | Planned | 1 citation | $135 | $135 | Jul 9, 2002 |
| Nov 7, 2001 | Lamont | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2002 |
| Aug 31, 2000 | Cuyama | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 6, 2000 |
| Aug 31, 2000 | Lost Hills | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 30, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Grimmway Farms, Inc.; Grimmway Farms Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 4 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3440: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,335
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,425
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, $1,100
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4187: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $1,250
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 Grimmway 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.