Ruiz Food Products, Inc. safety record at a glance
Ruiz Food Products, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 21, 2000 and Sep 21, 2023. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $100,475 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $27,605. The largest single penalty, $9,225, came from an inspection opened May 11, 2022 in Dinuba. That places the employer at #4,043 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Dinuba, Tulare.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2023 | Dinuba | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 29, 2024 |
| May 16, 2023 | Dinuba | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 13, 2023 |
| Sep 7, 2022 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $7,200 | $4,050 | Mar 18, 2025 |
| May 11, 2022 | Dinuba | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $21,840 | $9,225 | Apr 7, 2025 |
| May 5, 2020 | Dinuba | Complaint | 1 citation | $635 | $635 | Jan 20, 2021 |
| Apr 23, 2009 | Dinuba | Referral | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Aug 18, 2009 |
| Mar 7, 2008 | Dinuba | Complaint | 6 citations | $15,975 | $5,590 | Dec 22, 2009 |
| May 12, 2006 | Dinuba | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $280 | Dec 22, 2009 |
| Sep 9, 2005 | Dinuba | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $2,000 | Dec 31, 2007 |
| Jul 20, 2004 | Dinuba | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 22, 2004 |
| May 3, 2001 | Dinuba | Accident | 2 citations | $18,075 | $5,075 | Feb 8, 2011 |
| Feb 21, 2000 | Dinuba | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 21, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Ruiz Food Products; Ruiz Food Products Inc; Ruiz Food Products Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,050
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $3,150
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, $4,050
- 8 CCR 4186: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 5189: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 4051: 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Ruiz Food Products, Inc.
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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.