Pitman Farms safety record at a glance
Pitman Farms has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 23, 2014 and Nov 18, 2024. 9 of them were accident inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 49 in all: 18 serious, 3 repeat. Inspectors proposed $451,615 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $381,780. The largest single penalty, $98,000, came from an inspection opened Nov 7, 2024 in Sanger. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #30 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Sanger, Selma.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2024 | Sanger | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Sanger | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious 1 repeat | $98,000 | $98,000 | open |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Sanger | Referral | 7 citations 1 serious | $33,180 | $9,840 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sanger | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $41,000 | $41,000 | open |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Sanger | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations 3 serious | $75,000 | $75,000 | open |
| Jan 25, 2024 | Sanger | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 27, 2024 |
| May 6, 2023 | Sanger | Fatality or catastrophe | death 4 citations 4 serious | $56,250 | $56,250 | open |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Sanger | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 20, 2023 |
| Feb 1, 2021 | Sanger | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Aug 14, 2018 | Sanger | Complaint | 1 citation | $5,735 | $175 | Jan 31, 2019 |
| Jun 21, 2018 | Sanger | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 16, 2018 |
| Jun 21, 2018 | Sanger | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 16, 2018 |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Selma | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 30, 2017 |
| Mar 6, 2017 | Sanger | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,420 | $1,050 | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Dec 21, 2016 | Sanger | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,000 | $18,700 | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Dec 14, 2016 | Sanger | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $37,620 | $23,680 | Jul 3, 2017 |
| Nov 21, 2016 | Sanger | Accident | 5 citations 3 serious 1 repeat | $48,500 | $29,180 | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Jul 7, 2016 | Sanger | Referral | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Apr 27, 2017 |
| May 4, 2016 | Sanger | Referral | 9 citations 1 repeat | $16,500 | $9,495 | Aug 3, 2017 |
| Mar 24, 2016 | Sanger | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Sep 23, 2014 | Sanger | Referral | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 30, 2014 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 10 citations, 4 serious, $85,755
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 6 citations, 3 serious, $129,700
- 8 CCR 5189: 6 citations, $6,090
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 4 citations, 1 serious, $7,100
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $13,500
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 2 citations, 2 serious, $33,750
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 2 serious, $19,400
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $1,025
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 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.