Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. safety record at a glance
Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 22, 2017 and Jul 10, 2026. 5 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $51,235 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $32,625. The largest single penalty, $31,650, came from an inspection opened Nov 16, 2021 in Oxnard. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,087 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 9 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Santa Maria, Ventura, Nipomo, Oxnard, Coalinga, Huron, Blythe, Guadalupe.
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Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | Santa Maria | Planned | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| May 7, 2026 | Ventura | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Nipomo | Accident | 1 citation | $525 | Jul 2, 2024 |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Oxnard | Accident | 7 citations 4 serious | $31,650 $49,310 proposed | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Coalinga | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 18, 2022 |
| Aug 20, 2020 | Huron | Accident | no inspection made | $0 | Nov 6, 2020 |
| Jul 14, 2020 | Huron | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 24, 2020 |
| Feb 27, 2019 | Blythe | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Dec 15, 2017 | Guadalupe | Referral | no citations | $0 | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Dec 14, 2017 | Oxnard | Referral | no citations | $0 | Dec 14, 2017 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Hollister | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Feb 21, 2018 |
| Jun 22, 2017 | Nipomo | Planned | 4 citations | $450 $1,400 proposed | May 14, 2018 |
Also recorded as: Rancho Nuevo Harvesting Inc; Rancho Nuevo Harvesting Inc.; Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc; Rancho Nuevo Harvesting.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 2 serious, $18,450
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $225
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 2 citations, $225
- 8 CCR 3383, Body Protection: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,100
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 1 citation, $525
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Maria 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. 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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, 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 4, 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.