Independent AG Inc safety record at a glance
Independent AG Inc has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 3, 2020 and Jun 3, 2026. 4 of them were planned inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $22,965 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,965. The largest single penalty, $9,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 21, 2021 in Kingsburg. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #11,154 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Kingsburg, Oxnard, Fresno, Caruthers, Woodlake, Coalinga, Huron.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2026 | Kingsburg | Planned | 3 citations | $1,500 | $1,500 | open |
| May 19, 2026 | Oxnard | Planned | 3 citations | $1,310 | $1,310 | open |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Fresno | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 13, 2025 |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Kingsburg | Planned | 1 citation | $175 | $175 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Caruthers | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,270 | $1,270 | Apr 17, 2025 |
| Sep 13, 2022 | Woodlake | Accident | 1 citation | $710 | $710 | Apr 4, 2023 |
| May 10, 2022 | Coalinga | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 23, 2022 |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Caruthers | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 12, 2022 |
| Oct 21, 2021 | Kingsburg | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $9,000 | Jan 2, 2024 |
| Jun 3, 2020 | Huron | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 2, 2020 |
Also recorded as: Independent AG, Inc.; Independent AG Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 4 citations, $1,955
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, $710
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 6401.9: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $280
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oxnard employment lawyer, Fresno 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 Independent AG 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.