Paramount Farms, Inc. safety record at a glance
Paramount Farms, Inc. has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 5, 2000 and Sep 3, 2010. 13 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $157,520 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $60,320. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Aug 5, 2009 in Lost Hills. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,090 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: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Lost Hills.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2010 | Lost Hills | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 16, 2010 |
| Sep 29, 2009 | Lost Hills | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $5,000 | Jan 12, 2011 |
| Aug 5, 2009 | Lost Hills | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,800 | $18,000 | Jun 2, 2011 |
| Jul 7, 2009 | Lost Hills | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 27, 2009 |
| Apr 25, 2008 | Lost Hills | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 28, 2008 |
| Jul 20, 2007 | Lost Hills | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $25,000 | $18,000 | Aug 11, 2010 |
| May 29, 2007 | Lost Hills | Accident | 1 citation | $6,300 | $450 | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Oct 11, 2006 | Lost Hills | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Jun 24, 2005 | Lost Hills | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $3,000 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Jun 10, 2005 | Lost Hills | Accident | 4 citations | $36,370 | $1,870 | May 6, 2008 |
| Nov 22, 2004 | Lost Hills | Planned | 12 citations | $3,450 | $3,450 | Jun 11, 2008 |
| Oct 29, 2004 | Lost Hills | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $22,250 | $5,700 | Dec 8, 2007 |
| Jun 16, 2004 | Lost Hills | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Jul 3, 2006 |
| Feb 11, 2004 | Lost Hills | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 4, 2004 |
| Jul 24, 2003 | Lost Hills | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 13, 2004 |
| Apr 9, 2003 | Lost Hills | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,250 | $3,250 | Jul 1, 2006 |
| Mar 17, 2003 | Lost Hills | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 8, 2003 |
| Nov 19, 2002 | Lost Hills | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 12, 2003 |
| Oct 24, 2002 | Lost Hills | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2003 |
| Jun 30, 2002 | Lost Hills | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 26, 2002 |
| Dec 5, 2000 | Lost Hills | Accident | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | May 31, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Paramount Farms Inc; Paramount Farms; Paramount Farms Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 6 citations, $1,585
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 1 serious, $6,690
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $20,700
- 8 CCR 4227: 2 citations, 2 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $3,450
- 8 CCR 4001: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,450
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $370
- 8 CCR 4000: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,250
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 Paramount Farms, Inc.
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.