Premium Packing Inc safety record at a glance
Premium Packing Inc has been the subject of 44 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 2, 2000 and Jun 9, 2022. 26 of them were planned inspections. 24 of them produced citations, 39 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $95,355 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $43,330. The largest single penalty, $7,030, came from an inspection opened Aug 24, 2011 in Castroville. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,946 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Other Services (except Public Administration); Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Indio, Coachella, Salinas, Mec, Chualar, Oxnard, Milpitas, Castroville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2022 | Indio | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 9, 2022 |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 31, 2022 |
| Feb 22, 2022 | Salinas | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Aug 29, 2022 |
| Jan 30, 2020 | Mec | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2020 |
| Sep 26, 2019 | Chualar | Accident | 2 citations | $1,200 | $1,200 | Feb 3, 2020 |
| Dec 16, 2017 | Oxnard | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2017 |
| Aug 23, 2016 | Milpitas | Accident | 1 citation | $1,500 | $1,125 | Aug 7, 2017 |
| Aug 8, 2013 | Castroville | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $6,930 | $4,125 | Sep 8, 2014 |
| May 13, 2013 | Salinas | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 3, 2013 |
| Aug 28, 2012 | Moss Landing | Planned | 3 citations | $555 | $450 | Jun 12, 2013 |
| May 25, 2012 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 20, 2012 |
| Mar 30, 2012 | Mante | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $12,150 | $900 | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Mar 23, 2012 | Stockton | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $12,150 | $5,400 | Jun 17, 2013 |
| Aug 24, 2011 | Castroville | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,030 | $7,030 | open |
| Aug 1, 2011 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 22, 2012 |
| Mar 30, 2011 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2011 |
| Apr 20, 2010 | Holt | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 6, 2010 |
| Jun 29, 2009 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 20, 2009 |
| May 16, 2009 | Salinas | Planned | 2 citations 2 serious | $5,850 | $2,925 | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Apr 20, 2009 | Holt | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jun 18, 2009 |
| Apr 2, 2009 | Salinas | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $2,780 | $2,780 | Jun 30, 2010 |
| Jan 21, 2009 | Coachella | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Castroville | Planned | 1 citation | $2,700 | $410 | Feb 17, 2010 |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Salinas | Planned | 1 citation | $125 | $125 | Feb 22, 2010 |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Castroville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 3, 2008 |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Castroville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 3, 2008 |
| Jan 24, 2008 | Thermal | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | 0 | Jan 16, 2014 |
| Jan 10, 2007 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 10, 2007 |
| Oct 13, 2006 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 16, 2006 |
| Mar 22, 2006 | Thermal | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Jan 26, 2005 | Mec | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $4,725 | $4,725 | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Jan 26, 2005 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2005 |
| Dec 2, 2004 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $25,000 | $2,700 | Sep 16, 2010 |
| Apr 22, 2004 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2004 |
| Feb 19, 2004 | Mec | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,400 | $2,925 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Dec 5, 2002 | Thermal | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Oct 22, 2002 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2003 |
| Aug 27, 2002 | Salinas | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,000 | $3,000 | Jul 2, 2003 |
| Mar 27, 2002 | Thermal | Planned | 2 citations | $1,125 | $1,125 | Jul 12, 2008 |
| Oct 29, 2001 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2001 |
| Jun 13, 2001 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2001 |
| Sep 13, 2000 | Salinas | Planned | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | May 21, 2001 |
| Sep 12, 2000 | Salinas | Planned | 2 citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 3, 2001 |
| Aug 2, 2000 | Salinas | Planned | 1 citation | $135 | $135 | Jun 18, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Premium Packing, Inc; Premium Packing; Premium Packing Inc.; Premium Packing, Inc.; Premium Packing, Inc. dba Premium Harvesting.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 11 citations, 1 serious, $3,410
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 7 citations, 1 serious, $4,405
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 4 citations, 4 serious, $15,975
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3440: 2 citations, 2 serious, $6,525
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3421, Logging, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Salinas employment lawyer.
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 Premium Packing 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.