Kern Ridge Growers, LLC safety record at a glance
Kern Ridge Growers, LLC has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 16, 2000 and Dec 16, 2025. 7 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 31 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $155,655 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $99,620. The largest single penalty, $30,935, came from an inspection opened Aug 1, 2018 in Arvin. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #442 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Arvin, Lamont, Delano.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2025 | Arvin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2026 |
| May 29, 2025 | Lamont | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | Arvin | Accident | 2 citations | $5,560 | $3,560 | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Lamont | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 17, 2022 |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Arvin | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 18, 2022 |
| May 17, 2019 | Arvin | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 3 serious | $46,800 | $20,400 | Apr 29, 2020 |
| Aug 1, 2018 | Arvin | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $30,935 | $30,935 | Feb 7, 2020 |
| Oct 19, 2016 | Lamont | Accident | 1 citation | $9,000 | $10,000 | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Feb 18, 2009 | Lamont | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 18, 2009 |
| Jan 26, 2009 | Lamont | Planned | 3 citations | $745 | $745 | Jun 9, 2010 |
| Sep 29, 2008 | Delano | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious | $31,600 | $7,965 | Feb 8, 2010 |
| Sep 17, 2008 | Arvin | Accident | death 4 citations 1 serious | $20,625 | $18,000 | Jul 11, 2013 |
| Sep 6, 2006 | Lamont | Planned | 7 citations 1 serious | $5,055 | $4,680 | May 7, 2015 |
| Jun 8, 2006 | Arvin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2006 |
| Jul 16, 2004 | Arvin | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Apr 21, 2006 |
| Feb 14, 2001 | Lamont | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Nov 12, 2003 |
| Feb 16, 2000 | Lamont | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 16, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Kern Ridge Growers; Kern Ridge Growers LLC; Kern Ridge Growers Inc; Kern Ridge Growers, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 4 citations, 3 serious, $26,850
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $6,000
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $32,500
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,185
- 8 CCR 3384: 2 citations, 1 serious, $1,385
- 8 CCR 5189: 2 citations, $430
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations
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. 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Kern Ridge Growers, LLC
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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.