Lopez and Sons Farms Inc. safety record at a glance
Lopez and Sons Farms Inc. has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 15, 2010 and Feb 8, 2023. 4 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $73,875 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $35,110. The largest single penalty, $14,500, came from an inspection opened Aug 26, 2016 in Cantua Creek. That places the employer at #2,738 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Kerman, Coalinga, Cantua Creek, Seeley, Brawley, Stockton.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2023 | Kerman | Accident | 2 citations | $400 | $400 | Apr 18, 2023 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | Coalinga | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,200 | $9,300 | Sep 12, 2023 |
| Jul 25, 2019 | Cantua Creek | Accident | 2 citations | $17,325 | $6,125 | Jun 22, 2022 |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Cantua Creek | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $23,750 | $14,500 | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Seeley | Complaint | 1 citation | $75 | $75 | Jan 31, 2017 |
| May 16, 2013 | Brawley | Planned | 4 citations 3 serious | $13,125 | $4,710 | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Sep 15, 2010 | Stockton | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 20, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Lopez & Sons Farms, Inc.; Lopez and Sons Farms Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $2,200
- 8 CCR 3440: 3 citations, 3 serious, $8,460
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 2 citations, 1 serious, $10,750
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,750
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,600
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $600
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 Lopez and Sons Farms Inc.
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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.