Richwood Meat Company, Inc. safety record at a glance
Richwood Meat Company, Inc. has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 24, 2004 and Jun 18, 2026. 5 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $52,580 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $28,950. The largest single penalty, $10,290, came from an inspection opened Aug 4, 2006 in Merced. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #3,744 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Manufacturing. Worksites in Merced.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2026 | Merced | Fatality or catastrophe | no citations | $0 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Aug 18, 2022 | Merced | Accident | 1 citation | $400 | Jan 3, 2023 |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Merced | Accident | 2 citations | $2,300 $3,800 proposed | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Merced | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 1 serious | $9,750 $16,250 proposed | Mar 9, 2022 |
| Oct 29, 2018 | Merced | Referral | no citations | $0 | Nov 1, 2018 |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Merced | Accident | 2 citations | $5,650 $18,850 proposed | Nov 5, 2018 |
| Oct 5, 2016 | Merced | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 12, 2016 |
| Feb 24, 2015 | Merced | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | Feb 10, 2016 |
| Aug 4, 2006 | Merced | Planned | 13 citations 10 serious | $10,290 $12,720 proposed | Dec 6, 2006 |
| Mar 24, 2004 | Merced | Accident | death no citations | $0 | Sep 7, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Richwood Meat CO. Inc.; Richwood Meat Company, Inc; Richwood Meat Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 3 citations, 1 serious, $9,200
- 8 CCR 3577, Protection Devices: 3 citations, 3 serious, $3,240
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,550
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $1,050
- 8 CCR 4051, Projecting Shaft Ends: 2 citations, 2 serious, $540
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 2340.23, Openings (repealed): 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 1 citation, $560
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 Richwood Meat Company, 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.