Stephen H. Smith Farms, Inc. safety record at a glance
Stephen H. Smith Farms, Inc. has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 13, 2020 and Jul 30, 2025. 1 of them were planned inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $29,150 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,875. The largest single penalty, $9,715, came from an inspection opened Jul 30, 2025 in Firebaugh. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #11,218 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Firebaugh, Dos Palos.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2025 | Firebaugh | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $9,715 $20,715 proposed | May 19, 2026 |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Firebaugh | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Firebaugh | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,035 $5,060 proposed | Nov 4, 2024 |
| May 26, 2022 | Dos Palos | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Oct 13, 2022 |
| Jul 13, 2020 | Firebaugh | Referral | 1 citation | $1,125 $3,375 proposed | Oct 25, 2021 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,865
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,125
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,035
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $425
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $425
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Stephen H. Smith Farms, 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 4, 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.