Smith Packing, Inc. safety record at a glance
Smith Packing, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 9, 2000 and Aug 25, 2023. 10 of them were planned inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 4 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $125,400 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $43,750. The largest single penalty, $16,575, came from an inspection opened Jan 22, 2009 in Calipatria. That places the employer at #1,905 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. Worksites in Greenfield, Salinas, Guadalupe, Calipatria, Westmoreland, Calexico, Brawley, Santa Maria.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2023 | Greenfield | Complaint | 6 citations 1 serious | $8,750 | $6,050 | May 27, 2024 |
| Aug 19, 2015 | Salinas | Planned | 2 citations 1 repeat | $36,425 | $6,650 | Apr 22, 2016 |
| Sep 11, 2012 | Guadalupe | Planned | 1 citation | $3,825 | $875 | Jun 11, 2013 |
| Aug 15, 2012 | Guadalupe | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,935 | $5,620 | Dec 5, 2014 |
| Jan 22, 2009 | Calipatria | Planned | 2 citations 1 repeat | $45,850 | $16,575 | Jan 28, 2011 |
| Jan 24, 2008 | Westmoreland | Planned | 1 citation | $200 | $200 | May 8, 2008 |
| Jan 10, 2007 | Calexico | Planned | 2 citations | $2,135 | $375 | Feb 8, 2013 |
| Nov 30, 2005 | Brawley | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 23, 2006 |
| Jun 7, 2001 | Santa Maria | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $4,875 | $3,000 | Dec 11, 2003 |
| Jan 24, 2001 | Holtville | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 | $3,375 | Mar 18, 2009 |
| Aug 9, 2000 | Santa Maria | Planned | 2 citations | $1,030 | $1,030 | Apr 30, 2001 |
| Feb 9, 2000 | Holtville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 19, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Smith Packing Inc.; Smith Packing Inc; Smith Packing.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 6 citations, 3 serious, $27,835
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, 1 serious, $5,175
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $1,410
- 8 CCR 3440: 2 citations, $7,175
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 2 citations, $805
- 8 CCR 3653: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3651: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3384: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Salinas 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 Smith Packing, Inc.
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.