Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. safety record at a glance
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. has been the subject of 37 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 30, 2003 and Sep 25, 2026. 25 of them were accident inspections. 16 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $88,695 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $57,570. The largest single penalty, $18,675, came from an inspection opened Sep 6, 2023 in Hilmar. That places the employer at #1,180 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Hilmar.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Hilmar | Complaint | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| May 5, 2026 | Hilmar | Complaint | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Hilmar | Accident | 1 citation | $425 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Hilmar | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,825 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Hilmar | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Hilmar | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 3, 2024 |
| Sep 6, 2023 | Hilmar | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $18,675 $24,750 proposed | Sep 10, 2024 |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Hilmar | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 21, 2023 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 30, 2023 |
| May 13, 2020 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 28, 2020 |
| Sep 19, 2018 | Hilmar | Accident | 1 citation | $2,000 $7,650 proposed | May 13, 2019 |
| Feb 7, 2018 | Hilmar | Planned | 2 citations | $5,600 | Oct 4, 2018 |
| Oct 31, 2017 | Hilmar | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 27, 2017 |
| Aug 21, 2017 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 1, 2018 |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 25, 2017 |
| Jan 19, 2017 | Hilmar | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | May 3, 2017 |
| Aug 30, 2016 | Hilmar | Accident | 1 citation | $1,000 $5,000 proposed | Dec 28, 2016 |
| Aug 18, 2016 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Feb 26, 2015 | Hilmar | Accident | 2 citations | $600 $3,750 proposed | Dec 8, 2015 |
| Sep 29, 2014 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 25, 2014 |
| Jul 8, 2014 | Hilmar | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | Oct 2, 2014 |
| Jan 13, 2014 | Hilmar | Accident | 1 citation | $0 | Jan 27, 2014 |
| Apr 18, 2013 | Hilmar | Accident | 2 citations | $1,060 | Sep 9, 2013 |
| Jul 19, 2011 | Hilmar | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 15, 2011 |
| Apr 30, 2010 | Hilmar | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 24, 2010 |
| Feb 8, 2010 | Hilmar | Accident | 3 citations | $1,485 $8,925 proposed | Jul 21, 2011 |
| Jul 29, 2009 | Hilmar | Programmed related | 1 citation | $750 | Sep 20, 2009 |
| Jul 9, 2008 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 16, 2008 |
| Feb 14, 2008 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 21, 2008 |
| Mar 20, 2007 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Mar 20, 2007 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Mar 12, 2007 | Hilmar | Programmed other | no citations | $0 | Mar 29, 2007 |
| Mar 9, 2007 | Hilmar | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 8, 2007 |
| Nov 15, 2006 | Hilmar | Accident | 1 citation | $250 $5,060 proposed | Aug 18, 2008 |
| May 29, 2003 | Hilmar | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Apr 30, 2003 | Hilmar | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $2,550 | Dec 1, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Hilmar Cheese Company; Hilmar Cheese Company Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 9 citations, 1 serious, $22,295
- 8 CCR 3329, Machinery, operating procedures: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,850
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,225
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,400
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $1,000
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, $850
- 8 CCR 3310, Discharge Location: 1 citation, $750
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Hilmar Cheese Company, 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.