Lakeside Organic Gardens, LLC safety record at a glance
Lakeside Organic Gardens, LLC has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 4, 2009 and Jun 25, 2026. 5 of them were planned inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $9,185 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,900. The largest single penalty, $5,400, came from an inspection opened Feb 4, 2009 in Watsonville. That places the employer at #19,372 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in El Centro, Holtville, Watsonville.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | El Centro | Programmed related | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Jul 16, 2025 | Holtville | Planned | 4 citations | $1,050 $1,685 proposed | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Watsonville | Planned | 2 citations | $450 $750 proposed | Apr 10, 2023 |
| Apr 17, 2014 | Watsonville | Planned | no citations | $0 | May 13, 2014 |
| Nov 1, 2013 | Holtville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 10, 2013 |
| Aug 24, 2011 | Watsonville | Planned | no citations | $0 | Sep 21, 2011 |
| Feb 4, 2009 | Watsonville | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | $5,400 $6,750 proposed | Sep 5, 2013 |
Also recorded as: Lakeside Organic Gardens.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 2340.12, Mechanical Execution of Work: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3653, Seat Belts: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2473.2, Covers and Canopies: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 6401.9: 1 citation, $225
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 Lakeside Organic Gardens, LLC
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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.