Rancho Harvest, Inc. safety record at a glance
Rancho Harvest, Inc. has been the subject of 23 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 16, 2003 and Jun 19, 2018. 9 of them were planned inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $79,440 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $50,185. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Nov 21, 2012 in Santa Maria. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,477 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Nipomo, Oceano, Salinas, Soledad, Santa Maria, Mettler, Thermal, Ventura.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2018 | Nipomo | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $560 | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Aug 14, 2013 | Oceano | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 30, 2013 |
| Aug 8, 2013 | Salinas | Planned | 1 citation | $7,650 | $750 | Mar 20, 2015 |
| Jul 11, 2013 | Soledad | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2013 |
| Nov 21, 2012 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Nov 16, 2014 |
| Sep 12, 2012 | Santa Maria | Planned | 2 citations | $4,035 | $1,270 | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Jul 25, 2012 | Mettler | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 22, 2013 |
| Jul 12, 2012 | Thermal | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 28, 2012 |
| Jun 26, 2012 | Ventura | Planned | 2 citations | $270 | $270 | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Jun 20, 2012 | Mec | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2012 |
| May 23, 2012 | Thermal | Referral | 1 citation | $750 | $150 | Oct 2, 2012 |
| Mar 26, 2012 | Thermal | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 26, 2012 |
| Jul 14, 2011 | Soledad | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 20, 2011 |
| Oct 14, 2010 | Guadalupe | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $23,450 | $10,175 | Aug 22, 2013 |
| Sep 30, 2010 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 30, 2010 |
| Jul 1, 2010 | Mec | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Feb 11, 2011 |
| Jun 24, 2010 | Thermal | Planned | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Feb 7, 2013 |
| Jun 2, 2010 | Camarillo | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 2, 2010 |
| May 24, 2010 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 2, 2010 |
| Jun 20, 2009 | Bakersfield | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 23, 2009 |
| May 20, 2009 | Nipomo | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $23,375 | $18,000 | Jul 12, 2010 |
| Nov 19, 2003 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Jun 24, 2006 |
| Oct 16, 2003 | Guadalupe | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | 0 | Aug 28, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Rancho Harvest; Rancho Harvest Inc; Rancho Harvest, Inc; Rancho Harvest Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, $1,015
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 3 citations, 1 serious, $18,750
- 8 CCR 3440: 2 citations, 1 serious, $10,710
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $825
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $315
- 8 CCR 3439: 1 citation, $210
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 Rancho Harvest, 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.