Seneca Foods LLC safety record at a glance
Seneca Foods LLC has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 12, 2001 and Mar 26, 2018. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 34 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $169,045 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $102,025. The largest single penalty, $43,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 5, 2007 in Modesto. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #421 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Modesto.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2018 | Modesto | Planned | 6 citations 1 serious | $4,865 | $3,575 | Oct 12, 2018 |
| Oct 26, 2016 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2017 |
| Oct 19, 2016 | Modesto | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,350 | $1,350 | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Sep 9, 2015 | Modesto | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $23,060 | $18,505 | Jun 29, 2016 |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 24, 2014 |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 24, 2014 |
| Aug 16, 2013 | Modesto | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Feb 18, 2014 |
| Jan 15, 2013 | Modesto | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 16, 2013 |
| May 27, 2010 | Modesto | Planned | 15 citations | $8,400 | $5,300 | Oct 18, 2010 |
| Nov 5, 2009 | Modesto | Accident | 3 citations 3 serious | $31,500 | $25,425 | May 16, 2016 |
| Dec 30, 2008 | Modesto | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,935 | $3,935 | May 1, 2009 |
| Oct 6, 2008 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 13, 2008 |
| Aug 12, 2008 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 13, 2008 |
| Feb 5, 2007 | Modesto | Accident | death 2 citations 2 serious | $95,000 | $43,000 | Oct 20, 2010 |
| Dec 12, 2001 | Modesto | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Apr 30, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Seneca Foods, LLC; Seneca Foods.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 8 citations, $1,075
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 4 citations, $3,500
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 2 serious, $24,750
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,560
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,165
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, 1 serious, $25,000
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3337: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto 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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Seneca Foods 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.