Land 'o' Lakes safety record at a glance
Land 'o' Lakes has been the subject of 25 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 10, 2001 and Feb 5, 2025. 10 of them were accident inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 73 in all: 23 serious. Inspectors proposed $278,405 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $180,180. The largest single penalty, $88,355, came from an inspection opened Jul 10, 2001 in Tulare. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #138 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 6 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Tulare, Turlock, Orland, Gustine.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2025 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | open |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Tulare | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 13, 2025 |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Tulare | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 21, 2024 |
| Aug 2, 2023 | Tulare | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 14, 2023 |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Tulare | Complaint | 1 citation | $800 | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Tulare | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 2 serious | $18,000 | open |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Tulare | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 29, 2021 |
| Aug 12, 2020 | Tulare | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $14,700 $41,995 proposed | open |
| Nov 20, 2019 | Turlock | Planned | 3 citations | $900 $1,120 proposed | Mar 11, 2021 |
| Mar 28, 2019 | Tulare | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| Apr 26, 2016 | Tulare | Planned | 12 citations 2 serious | $10,145 $18,015 proposed | Apr 18, 2017 |
| Oct 7, 2014 | Tulare | Accident | 4 citations | $1,405 | Jan 15, 2016 |
| Feb 19, 2014 | Turlock | Complaint | 4 citations | $495 $915 proposed | Jan 9, 2015 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | Tulare | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 1, 2011 |
| Oct 12, 2011 | Orland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 12, 2012 |
| May 13, 2010 | Tulare | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Jul 12, 2010 |
| May 6, 2008 | Tulare | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $6,930 $24,180 proposed | Nov 2, 2009 |
| Jul 20, 2007 | Tulare | Follow-up | 2 citations | $475 | Dec 1, 2007 |
| Nov 22, 2005 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $850 $18,000 proposed | Dec 26, 2008 |
| Jan 19, 2005 | Orland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 26, 2005 |
| Dec 22, 2004 | Orland | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Feb 17, 2005 |
| Feb 6, 2004 | Tulare | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 24, 2004 |
| Jan 9, 2003 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Jan 22, 2002 | Gustine | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,750 | Feb 1, 2007 |
| Jul 10, 2001 | Tulare | Planned | 29 citations 14 serious | $88,355 $116,375 proposed | Mar 9, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Land O' Lakes Inc; Land O' Lakes Inc.; Land-O-Lakes; Land O' Lakes; Land O Lakes dba Purina Animal Nutrition LLC; Land O'Lakes, Inc.; Land O'Lakes; Land O'Lakes Inc; Land O' Lakes, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 20 citations, 12 serious, $72,050
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 9 citations, $7,550
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 2 serious, $19,825
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, 1 serious, $4,985
- 8 CCR 5141, Control of Harmful Exposure to Employees: 2 citations, 2 serious, $23,400
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 2 serious, $9,560
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,450
- 8 CCR 2473.1, Conductors Entering Boxes, Cabinets, or Fittings: 2 citations, $1,050
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Land 'o' Lakes
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.