Neil Jones Food Company dba Tomatek safety record at a glance
Neil Jones Food Company dba Tomatek has been the subject of 23 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 10, 2007 and Aug 19, 2025. 15 of them were complaint inspections. 16 of them produced citations, 59 in all: 9 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $148,593 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $62,065. The largest single penalty, $18,900, came from an inspection opened Aug 7, 2018 in Firebaugh. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,033 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Manufacturing. Worksites in Firebaugh, Hollister.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2025 | Firebaugh | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Firebaugh | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 23, 2025 |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Hollister | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 16, 2024 |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Hollister | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $210 | 0 | Apr 12, 2022 |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Firebaugh | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2019 |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Hollister | Planned | 10 citations 3 serious | $20,750 | $9,105 | Feb 20, 2019 |
| Aug 7, 2018 | Firebaugh | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $27,635 | $18,900 | Jul 2, 2019 |
| May 29, 2018 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 2 citations | $24,010 | $1,925 | Jun 10, 2019 |
| Feb 5, 2018 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 1 citation 1 repeat | $2,250 | $785 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Aug 30, 2017 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 3 citations | $9,080 | $2,480 | Jun 21, 2018 |
| Mar 1, 2017 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,600 | $1,215 | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Nov 9, 2016 | Firebaugh | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 8, 2017 |
| Oct 12, 2015 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 14 citations 3 serious | $26,093 | $12,400 | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Aug 19, 2014 | Firebaugh | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 17, 2014 |
| Mar 13, 2014 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 2 citations | $420 | $420 | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Aug 5, 2013 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $7,875 | $4,950 | Feb 4, 2014 |
| Jul 27, 2012 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Aug 18, 2011 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Oct 22, 2011 |
| Sep 1, 2009 | Firebaugh | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 4, 2010 |
| Mar 4, 2009 | Hollister | Accident | 7 citations | $25,160 | $7,675 | Jan 15, 2011 |
| Oct 30, 2008 | Hollister | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 | $150 | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Jul 26, 2007 | Firebaugh | Complaint | 3 citations | $900 | $900 | Mar 27, 2009 |
| Jan 10, 2007 | Firebaugh | Accident | 3 citations | $600 | $600 | Jul 13, 2007 |
Also recorded as: The Neil Jones Food Company dba San Benito Foods; Neil Jones Food CO dba Tomatek; Neil Jones Food Company dba Toma Tek; The Neil Jones Food Company dba Tomatek; Neil Jones Food Company; The Neil Jones Food Company; The Neil Jones Food Company, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 4 citations, $730
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $1,200
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, $670
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $23,000
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,425
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,410
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 Neil Jones Food Company dba Tomatek
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.