Sierra Packing safety record at a glance
Sierra Packing has been the subject of 28 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 9, 2000 and Jan 22, 2009. 22 of them were planned inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 29 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $59,885 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $29,550. The largest single penalty, $7,125, came from an inspection opened Mar 22, 2006 in Holtville. That places the employer at #3,626 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Calexico, Blythe, Holtville, El Centro, Westmorelnad, Bakersfield, Westmorland, Coachella.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2009 | Calexico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 3, 2009 |
| Jun 22, 2007 | Blythe | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 29, 2007 |
| Jun 15, 2007 | Blythe | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 14, 2008 |
| Jan 11, 2007 | Holtville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 26, 2007 |
| May 18, 2006 | El Centro | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $12,185 | 0 | Jul 17, 2008 |
| Mar 22, 2006 | Holtville | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,375 | $7,125 | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Jan 11, 2006 | Calexico | Planned | 4 citations | $2,625 | $2,625 | Feb 25, 2009 |
| Nov 29, 2005 | Holtville | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Mar 17, 2009 |
| Jun 22, 2005 | Holtville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 30, 2005 |
| Dec 23, 2004 | El Centro | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Jul 11, 2008 |
| Dec 23, 2004 | El Centro | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 26, 2005 |
| Dec 22, 2004 | Westmorelnad | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Mar 20, 2009 |
| Jul 16, 2004 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 4, 2004 |
| Jun 17, 2003 | Holtville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 23, 2003 |
| Feb 14, 2003 | El Centro | Planned | 1 citation | $325 | $325 | Jul 23, 2008 |
| Feb 13, 2003 | Westmorland | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $4,460 | $3,560 | Apr 21, 2008 |
| Feb 13, 2003 | El Centro | Planned | 2 citations | $740 | $740 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Apr 13, 2002 | Westmorland | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 14, 2002 |
| Apr 4, 2002 | Holtville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 28, 2003 |
| Mar 28, 2002 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2002 |
| Dec 10, 2001 | Mettler | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 12, 2001 |
| Aug 23, 2001 | Firebaugh | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 19, 2002 |
| Jun 14, 2001 | Coachella | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | May 20, 2002 |
| Mar 15, 2001 | Calexico | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $8,625 | $2,625 | Jul 22, 2008 |
| Jan 25, 2001 | Calexico | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Feb 4, 2010 |
| Dec 13, 2000 | Holtville | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $6,100 | $6,100 | Jun 22, 2010 |
| Aug 29, 2000 | Huron | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 29, 2000 |
| Feb 9, 2000 | El Centro | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 | $2,700 | Jan 12, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Sierra Packing CO Inc; Sierra Packing Inc.; Sierra Packing Inc; Sierra Packing CO. Inc.; Sierra Packing CO; Sierra Packing, Inc.; Sierra Packing, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 11 citations, $7,440
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $1,975
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, 2 serious, $9,450
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 2 serious, $4,125
- 8 CCR 3456: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,500
- 8 CCR 3439: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 14301: 1 citation, $425
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $375
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Sierra Packing
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.