Paramount Farming CO. safety record at a glance
Paramount Farming CO. has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 30, 2000 and Dec 24, 2014. 4 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $25,055 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $15,620. The largest single penalty, $14,310, came from an inspection opened Dec 24, 2014 in Shafter. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #9,855 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Shafter, Lost Hills, Kettleman City.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2014 | Shafter | Accident | 3 citations | $14,310 $23,560 proposed | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Feb 14, 2013 | Lost Hills | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 19, 2013 |
| Mar 17, 2009 | Lost Hills | Accident | 3 citations | $560 $745 proposed | Jan 18, 2012 |
| Oct 14, 2008 | Kettleman City | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Apr 7, 2009 |
| Mar 30, 2005 | Shafter | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 22, 2005 |
| Aug 30, 2000 | Lost Hills | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | Oct 31, 2000 |
| Aug 30, 2000 | Lost Hills | Planned | no citations | $0 | Sep 6, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Paramount Farming Company; Paramount Farming; Paramount Farming Company, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2320.3, Tests: 1 citation, $10,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,750
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation
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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Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 4, 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.