Reiter Berry Farms, Inc. safety record at a glance
Reiter Berry Farms, Inc. has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 15, 2007 and Oct 2, 2026. 6 of them were planned inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 31 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $77,705 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $50,810. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Apr 17, 2020 in Aromas. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,444 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: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Watsonville, Aromas, San Juan Bautista, Orcutt, Nipomo, Salinas, Santa Maria, Los Alamos.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | Watsonville | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Watsonville | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 14, 2020 | Watsonville | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 10, 2020 |
| Apr 17, 2020 | Aromas | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Oct 25, 2021 |
| Sep 5, 2019 | Aromas | Planned | 9 citations 2 serious | $12,080 | $6,900 | Mar 9, 2020 |
| Jul 17, 2018 | Watsonville | Accident | 4 citations 3 serious | $25,330 | $13,490 | Oct 21, 2019 |
| May 19, 2017 | San Juan Bautista | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 13, 2017 |
| Sep 27, 2016 | Watsonville | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,800 | $1,800 | Apr 10, 2017 |
| Nov 2, 2015 | Orcutt | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $7,405 | $3,560 | Mar 4, 2026 |
| Aug 27, 2015 | Nipomo | Referral | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jan 25, 2016 |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Salinas | Referral | 1 citation | $420 | $225 | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Watsonville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 3, 2014 |
| Jun 25, 2013 | Watsonville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 9, 2013 |
| Jun 19, 2012 | Santa Maria | Referral | 6 citations 1 serious | $11,150 | $5,525 | Oct 30, 2014 |
| Aug 10, 2011 | Santa Maria | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 22, 2011 |
| Aug 18, 2010 | Los Alamos | Planned | 1 citation | $210 | 0 | Jul 21, 2011 |
| Sep 3, 2009 | Watsonville | Programmed related | 2 citations | $1,125 | $1,125 | Jan 23, 2010 |
| Jun 15, 2007 | Watsonville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Reiter Berry Farms; Reiter Berry Farms Inc.; Reiter Berry Farms Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 12 citations, 3 serious, $16,110
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 4 citations, $2,850
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,375
- 8 CCR 3440: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,125
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3578: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3577: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $450
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 Reiter Berry Farms, 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.