Growers Choice, Inc. safety record at a glance
Growers Choice, Inc. has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 9, 2001 and Jul 7, 2014. 3 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $40,570 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $29,655. The largest single penalty, $22,125, came from an inspection opened May 14, 2002 in Riverbank. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,605 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Escalon, Modesto, Riverbank, Stockton.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2014 | Escalon | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 9, 2014 |
| Sep 24, 2013 | Escalon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 5, 2013 |
| Dec 8, 2010 | Escalon | Accident | 1 citation | $495 | $495 | Apr 20, 2011 |
| Oct 8, 2009 | Modesto | Planned | 2 citations | $1,075 | $850 | Apr 25, 2011 |
| May 14, 2002 | Riverbank | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $22,125 | $22,125 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Feb 9, 2001 | Stockton | Accident | death 4 citations 1 serious | $16,875 | $6,185 | Apr 20, 2005 |
Also recorded as: Growers Choice LLC; Growers Choice, Inc. dba L & L Management; Growers Choice, Inc; Growers Choice.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 2946: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 1 citation, $495
- 8 CCR 3428: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 2948: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3340: 1 citation, $375
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 Growers Choice, 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.