Pitman Family Farms safety record at a glance
Pitman Family Farms has been the subject of 36 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 15, 2004 and Jun 19, 2026. 17 of them were accident inspections. 29 of them produced citations, 81 in all: 20 serious, 3 repeat. Inspectors proposed $390,628 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $241,860. The largest single penalty, $50,215, came from an inspection opened Jul 25, 2019 in Chowchilla. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #78 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; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Oakdale, Chowchilla, Sanger, Hanford, Dinuba, Fresno, Clovis, Orange Cove.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Oakdale | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $4,035 | $4,035 | open |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Chowchilla | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Sanger | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,500 | $7,500 | open |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Sanger | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2023 |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Sanger | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2023 |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Sanger | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $7,650 | $7,650 | Feb 3, 2023 |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Sanger | Accident | 2 citations 1 repeat | $54,000 | $30,000 | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Apr 8, 2020 | Sanger | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $5,735 | Oct 25, 2021 |
| Feb 3, 2020 | Sanger | Complaint | 2 citations | $600 | $525 | Aug 31, 2020 |
| Dec 27, 2019 | Sanger | Accident | 2 citations | $2,550 | $2,100 | Jul 2, 2020 |
| Jul 25, 2019 | Chowchilla | Fatality or catastrophe | death 5 citations 3 serious 2 repeat | $73,300 | $50,215 | Feb 12, 2024 |
| Dec 17, 2018 | Hanford | Complaint | 1 citation | $635 | $525 | Oct 17, 2019 |
| May 24, 2018 | Hanford | Unprogrammed related | 4 citations 2 serious | $42,960 | $21,735 | Aug 19, 2019 |
| Oct 31, 2017 | Dinuba | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,850 | $18,700 | Apr 25, 2018 |
| Jul 26, 2017 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2017 |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Hanford | Accident | 6 citations | $9,000 | $6,750 | Apr 23, 2018 |
| Oct 27, 2016 | Sanger | Accident | 5 citations 3 serious | $38,850 | $31,760 | Nov 9, 2017 |
| Aug 17, 2016 | Clovis | Accident | 3 citations | $935 | $935 | Mar 17, 2017 |
| Jul 19, 2016 | Hanford | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Mar 17, 2017 |
| Jun 20, 2016 | Sanger | Accident | 1 citation | $465 | $465 | Mar 17, 2017 |
| Dec 28, 2015 | Hanford | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 31, 2015 |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Hanford | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,625 | $675 | Sep 23, 2016 |
| Aug 18, 2015 | Sanger | Accident | 5 citations | $7,240 | $4,800 | Sep 21, 2016 |
| Jul 3, 2015 | Orange Cove | Fatality or catastrophe | death 4 citations 1 serious | $5,615 | $4,500 | Nov 10, 2015 |
| Dec 10, 2014 | Sanger | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2015 |
| Sep 24, 2014 | Sanger | Accident | 13 citations 3 serious | $48,103 | $13,640 | Jan 27, 2017 |
| Jan 17, 2014 | Sanger | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $22,710 | $5,520 | Nov 6, 2014 |
| Jul 5, 2013 | Kingsburg | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 26, 2013 |
| Jun 7, 2013 | Caruthers | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Aug 7, 2013 |
| Jun 7, 2013 | Laton | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $935 | $935 | Aug 7, 2013 |
| Jun 7, 2013 | Selma | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Aug 7, 2013 |
| Jan 17, 2013 | Kingsburg | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,670 | $1,760 | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Feb 8, 2011 | Madera | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 24, 2011 |
| Jul 28, 2010 | Kingsburg | Complaint | 2 citations | $320 | $320 | Dec 31, 2010 |
| Jan 27, 2010 | Sanger | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Apr 7, 2010 |
| Jun 15, 2004 | Sanger | Accident | 1 citation | $650 | $650 | Jul 13, 2006 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 15 citations, 1 serious, $11,655
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 13 citations, 5 serious, $76,510
- 8 CCR 2946: 3 citations, 2 serious, $55,800
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 3 citations, $1,660
- 8 CCR 3384: 3 citations, $555
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $5,050
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,575
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,300
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Pitman Family Farms
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.