Olam West Coast, Inc. safety record at a glance
Olam West Coast, Inc. has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 14, 2012 and Sep 18, 2026. 10 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 10 serious. Inspectors proposed $163,510 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $133,660. The largest single penalty, $40,500, came from an inspection opened Sep 22, 2023 in Five Points. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #251 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Gilroy, Imperial, Lemoore, Five Points, Williams, King City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Gilroy | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 28, 2026 | Imperial | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Lemoore | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $14,060 | $5,060 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Five Points | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 2 serious | $40,500 | $40,500 | open |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Five Points | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 | $2,700 | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Jul 16, 2020 | Gilroy | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,275 | $11,275 | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Aug 28, 2018 | Gilroy | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,750 | $18,750 | Dec 6, 2021 |
| Jul 31, 2018 | Williams | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $29,500 | $28,500 | Jun 20, 2022 |
| Mar 1, 2017 | Gilroy | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $6,300 | Jul 9, 2018 |
| Nov 15, 2016 | Williams | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $600 | Aug 9, 2017 |
| Oct 4, 2016 | Williams | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 8, 2017 |
| Jul 21, 2016 | Williams | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 5, 2016 |
| Jun 9, 2015 | Gilroy | Accident | 2 citations | $1,600 | $1,600 | Mar 21, 2016 |
| Jul 10, 2014 | King City | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 18, 2015 |
| Aug 15, 2013 | King City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 15, 2013 |
| Apr 3, 2013 | King City | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Sep 7, 2013 |
| Sep 14, 2012 | King City | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jan 5, 2013 |
Also recorded as: Olam West Coast, Inc. dba Olam Spices & Vegetable; Olam West Coast; Olam West Coast Inc.; Olam West Coast, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 1 serious, $20,350
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, 2 serious, $28,500
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, 2 serious, $25,200
- 8 CCR 4999: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,850
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 5042: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,000
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,300
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
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 Olam West Coast, 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.