Rio Farms, LLC safety record at a glance
Rio Farms, LLC has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 6, 2000 and Jul 9, 2025. 7 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 27 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $138,325 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $75,840. The largest single penalty, $38,400, came from an inspection opened Jul 21, 2015 in Bakersfield. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #738 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); Manufacturing. Worksites in King City, Bakersfield, Brawley, Calipatria, Camarillo.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2025 | King City | Planned | 2 citations | $1,400 | $1,400 | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Oct 27, 2023 | King City | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $17,000 | $8,330 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Aug 16, 2022 | King City | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 12, 2022 |
| May 6, 2020 | King City | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 12, 2020 |
| Nov 14, 2019 | King City | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations | $2,250 | $2,250 | Jun 9, 2020 |
| Feb 28, 2017 | King City | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $44,500 | $18,850 | Aug 27, 2018 |
| Jul 23, 2015 | King City | Complaint | 1 citation | $1,125 | $450 | Jan 9, 2017 |
| Jul 21, 2015 | Bakersfield | Accident | 5 citations 4 serious | $63,500 | $38,400 | open |
| May 3, 2011 | Brawley | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $4,950 | $2,700 | Sep 23, 2011 |
| Jan 21, 2009 | Calipatria | Planned | 1 citation | $550 | $410 | Dec 30, 2009 |
| May 16, 2008 | King City | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 19, 2008 |
| Dec 7, 2006 | King City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 22, 2007 |
| Nov 29, 2004 | Camarillo | Accident | death 3 citations | $2,250 | $2,250 | Jul 8, 2006 |
| Apr 24, 2001 | King City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 21, 2001 |
| Oct 6, 2000 | King City | Accident | 3 citations | $800 | $800 | Oct 30, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Rio Farms; Rio Farms LLC; Rio Farms, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 4 serious, $22,080
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $2,800
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 3 citations, 1 serious, $19,500
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,750
- 8 CCR 3657: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,550
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 2 citations, $850
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,750
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Bakersfield 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Rio Farms, LLC
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.