Hilltown Packing CO., Inc. safety record at a glance
Hilltown Packing CO., Inc. has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 20, 2000 and Dec 10, 2025. 9 of them were planned inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $60,390 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $52,430. The largest single penalty, $26,800, came from an inspection opened May 1, 2025 in Soledad. That places the employer at #1,362 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Marina, Soledad, Salinas, Gonzales.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2025 | Marina | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | open |
| May 1, 2025 | Soledad | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $26,800 | open |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Salinas | Accident | 2 citations | $1,060 | Feb 28, 2022 |
| Nov 17, 2020 | Soledad | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $2,925 $4,500 proposed | Dec 12, 2022 |
| Jun 11, 2019 | Salinas | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,450 $9,135 proposed | Aug 31, 2020 |
| May 5, 2015 | Soledad | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 28, 2015 |
| Jul 2, 2013 | Gonzales | Referral | no citations | $0 | Jul 17, 2013 |
| Jun 25, 2012 | Soledad | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 $4,050 proposed | Jun 22, 2013 |
| Mar 30, 2011 | Salinas | Planned | 3 citations | $745 $3,745 proposed | Dec 12, 2012 |
| May 16, 2009 | Gonzales | Planned | 1 citation | $1,000 $1,350 proposed | Jan 7, 2010 |
| Aug 25, 2008 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 | Sep 21, 2009 |
| Jul 24, 2001 | Soledad | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 25, 2001 |
| Jul 24, 2001 | Soledad | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 25, 2001 |
| Jul 24, 2001 | Soledad | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 25, 2001 |
| Sep 14, 2000 | Soledad | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jan 2, 2001 |
| Sep 13, 2000 | Salinas | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | Jul 21, 2003 |
| Apr 20, 2000 | Gonzales | Planned | 6 citations 1 serious | $6,300 | Nov 20, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Hilltown Packing; Hilltown Packing CO.; Hilltown Packing CO, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 6 citations, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 4 citations, 4 serious, $31,950
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $2,385
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $4,475
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,450
- 8 CCR 3440, Agricultural Equipment: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 3382, Eye and Face Protection: 1 citation, $975
- 8 CCR 3653, Seat Belts: 1 citation, $635
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Salinas 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. 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 Hilltown Packing CO., 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.