Sierra Nevada Cheese CO. safety record at a glance
Sierra Nevada Cheese CO. has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 27, 2010 and Mar 16, 2026. 5 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $26,090 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $27,895. The largest single penalty, $12,000, came from an inspection opened Aug 19, 2016 in Willows. That places the employer at #3,984 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Willows.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2026 | Willows | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Willows | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $6,210 | $6,210 | Dec 23, 2025 |
| Jun 19, 2024 | Willows | Planned | 9 citations 2 serious | $9,185 | $6,750 | Jan 21, 2025 |
| Feb 10, 2023 | Willows | Accident | 1 citation | $400 | $400 | Mar 6, 2023 |
| Jul 6, 2020 | Willows | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 17, 2020 |
| Jun 6, 2019 | Willows | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 25, 2019 |
| Jun 29, 2017 | Willows | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 10, 2017 |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Willows | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,850 | $12,000 | Mar 2, 2018 |
| Jan 4, 2016 | Willows | Complaint | 1 citation | $325 | $325 | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Apr 27, 2010 | Willows | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $4,120 | $2,210 | Sep 6, 2011 |
Also recorded as: Sierra Nevada Cheese Company; Sierra Nevada Cheese Company Inc.; Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $6,620
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 3 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $550
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $12,000
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4086: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $400
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 Sierra Nevada Cheese CO.
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.