Porterville Citrus, Inc. safety record at a glance
Porterville Citrus, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 26, 2016 and Jul 16, 2025. 6 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 7 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $88,435 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $23,810, came from an inspection opened Oct 31, 2018 in Terra Bella. That places the employer at #563 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: Transportation and Warehousing; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Manufacturing. Worksites in Strathmore, San Luis Obispo, Terra Bella, Exeter, Visalia.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2025 | Strathmore | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Dec 13, 2025 |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Strathmore | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,240 | Aug 26, 2024 |
| Mar 29, 2024 | San Luis Obispo | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 25, 2024 |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Terra Bella | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Jun 8, 2023 |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Terra Bella | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 2 serious | $11,250 | Mar 19, 2022 |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Exeter | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 28, 2021 |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Visalia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jul 6, 2021 |
| May 14, 2019 | Terra Bella | Accident | 2 citations 1 repeat | $7,500 | Jan 28, 2020 |
| Oct 31, 2018 | Terra Bella | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $23,810 | Jan 31, 2019 |
| Sep 17, 2018 | Exeter | Accident | 1 citation | $450 | Mar 8, 2019 |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Visalia | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Apr 26, 2016 | Visalia | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $9,000 | Mar 17, 2017 |
Also recorded as: Porterville Citrus Inc.; Porterville Citrus, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 1 serious, $26,250
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 2 serious, $23,060
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,950
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 1 citation, $1,125
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $1,125
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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If you work, or worked, at Porterville Citrus, 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.