Lief Organics, LLC safety record at a glance
Lief Organics, LLC has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 4, 2011 and Oct 27, 2021. 5 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 33 in all: 12 serious. Inspectors proposed $104,145 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $73,960. The largest single penalty, $23,060, came from an inspection opened Apr 27, 2017 in Valencia. That places the employer at #775 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Valencia.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2021 | Valencia | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,000 $18,475 proposed | open |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Valencia | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $9,980 $17,630 proposed | Oct 25, 2019 |
| Dec 29, 2017 | Valencia | Accident | 1 citation | $420 | Apr 10, 2018 |
| Apr 27, 2017 | Valencia | Accident | 6 citations 6 serious | $23,060 $39,150 proposed | Feb 15, 2018 |
| Mar 23, 2017 | Valencia | Complaint | 16 citations 2 serious | $7,610 | Sep 23, 2019 |
| May 4, 2011 | Valencia | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $14,890 $20,860 proposed | Feb 12, 2014 |
Also recorded as: Lief Organics LLC dba Lief Labs; Lief Organics; Lief Organics LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 8 citations, 4 serious, $42,125
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 2 serious, $8,015
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $945
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $270
- 8 CCR 4207, Point of Operation Guards: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,500
- 8 CCR 3942, Type of Guarding Required: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,475
- 8 CCR 3209, Standard Guardrails: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,475
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Lief Organics, LLC
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.