Johnston Farms safety record at a glance
Johnston Farms has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 27, 2006 and Jun 18, 2015. 3 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 8 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $56,655 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $33,785. The largest single penalty, $18,675, came from an inspection opened Oct 30, 2008 in Edison. That places the employer at #2,905 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Bakersfield, Edison.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2015 | Bakersfield | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $18,555 | $13,685 | Aug 7, 2017 |
| Oct 30, 2008 | Edison | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $24,750 | $18,675 | Oct 10, 2011 |
| Aug 30, 2007 | Edison | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Apr 7, 2010 |
| Apr 27, 2006 | Edison | Accident | 1 citation | $12,600 | $675 | Dec 20, 2008 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 2 serious, $18,675
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $675
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation
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 Johnston 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.