Sonoma Compost Company, LLC safety record at a glance
Sonoma Compost Company, LLC has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 29, 2007 and Nov 1, 2013. 3 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $20,850 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,685. The largest single penalty, $10,750, came from an inspection opened Dec 18, 2009 in Petaluma. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #12,287 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Manufacturing. Worksites in Petaluma.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2013 | Petaluma | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 6, 2014 |
| Dec 18, 2009 | Petaluma | Accident | death 5 citations 1 serious | $10,750 $14,175 proposed | Sep 17, 2011 |
| Jun 27, 2008 | Petaluma | Accident | 3 citations | $375 $3,900 proposed | Dec 18, 2008 |
| May 29, 2007 | Petaluma | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $1,560 $2,775 proposed | Dec 12, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Sonoma Compost Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 1592, Warning methods, construction: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,000
- 8 CCR 4070, Guarding: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,350
- 8 CCR 2500.9, Splices: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 2500.10, Pull at Joints and Terminals: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3666, Haulage Vehicles and Earthmoving Equipment: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 1593, Haulage Vehicle Operation: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $135
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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Sonoma Compost Company, 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.