Success Valley Farms LLC safety record at a glance
Success Valley Farms LLC has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 2, 2014 and Nov 3, 2022. 4 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 12 in all: 0 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $19,035 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $16,385. The largest single penalty, $10,475, came from an inspection opened Nov 3, 2022 in Nipomo. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #9,220 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Nipomo, Santa Maria, Camarillo, Somis.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2022 | Nipomo | Accident | 2 citations 1 repeat | $10,475 | $10,475 | Apr 5, 2023 |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation | $250 | $250 | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Sep 3, 2020 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,250 | Jun 14, 2021 |
| Nov 14, 2018 | Santa Maria | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations | $800 | $800 | Jul 30, 2019 |
| Aug 21, 2014 | Camarillo | Accident | death 3 citations | $1,310 | $1,310 | Jan 30, 2015 |
| May 2, 2014 | Somis | Referral | 3 citations | $1,200 | $300 | Dec 8, 2014 |
Also recorded as: Success Valley Farms, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $13,250
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $810
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 2 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $400
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $475
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation, $400
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3439: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Maria 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 Success Valley Farms 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.