Mesa Harvesting Company safety record at a glance
Mesa Harvesting Company has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 6, 2001 and Jul 20, 2018. 4 of them were planned inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $18,420 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $4,085. The largest single penalty, $1,355, came from an inspection opened Jul 2, 2014 in Santa Maria. That places the employer at #28,326 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Santa Maria.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2018 | Santa Maria | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,200 | $970 | open |
| Jul 2, 2014 | Santa Maria | Accident | 3 citations | $1,355 | $1,355 | Sep 15, 2014 |
| Jul 18, 2013 | Santa Maria | Planned | 1 citation | $8,435 | $560 | Sep 5, 2014 |
| Dec 19, 2007 | Santa Maria | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 10, 2008 |
| Jun 11, 2003 | Santa Maria | Planned | 1 citation | $6,750 | $750 | Jan 11, 2007 |
| Mar 26, 2002 | Santa Maria | Planned | 1 citation | $75 | $75 | Jul 25, 2002 |
| Jun 6, 2001 | Santa Maria | Planned | 2 citations | $605 | $375 | Sep 6, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Mesa Harvesting CO.; Mesa Harvesting.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $1,530
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, $1,310
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 3653: 1 citation, $75
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Maria employment lawyer.
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Mesa Harvesting Company
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.