Sun-Maid Growers of California safety record at a glance
Sun-Maid Growers of California has been the subject of 20 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 22, 2008 and Nov 24, 2025. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 51 in all: 17 serious. Inspectors proposed $275,516 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $150,106. The largest single penalty, $20,585, came from an inspection opened Feb 22, 2008 in Kingsburg. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #198 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; Manufacturing; Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Kingsburg, Orange Cove, Madera.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2025 | Kingsburg | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $7,650 | Mar 3, 2026 |
| May 15, 2024 | Kingsburg | Accident | 1 citation | $850 | Nov 18, 2024 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Kingsburg | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Apr 11, 2023 | Kingsburg | Accident | 4 citations 3 serious | $18,300 | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Kingsburg | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,276 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Orange Cove | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Dec 9, 2021 |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Kingsburg | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $15,595 $23,400 proposed | Feb 2, 2026 |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Kingsburg | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 15, 2021 |
| Oct 7, 2019 | Madera | Accident | 2 citations | $5,800 $9,800 proposed | Mar 18, 2025 |
| Feb 20, 2019 | Kingsburg | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 14, 2019 |
| Sep 6, 2018 | Kingsburg | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 28, 2019 |
| Feb 28, 2018 | Madera | Planned | 15 citations 1 serious | $16,615 $54,030 proposed | Dec 28, 2022 |
| Feb 21, 2017 | Kingsburg | Complaint | 3 citations 2 serious | $9,875 $27,090 proposed | Apr 19, 2019 |
| May 19, 2016 | Madera | Planned | 7 citations 4 serious | $20,150 $48,425 proposed | Jan 2, 2018 |
| Oct 19, 2015 | Kingsburg | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 4, 2016 |
| May 29, 2013 | Kingsburg | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 17, 2013 |
| Jan 31, 2013 | Kingsburg | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,310 $18,560 proposed | Feb 25, 2014 |
| May 23, 2012 | Orange Cove | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $1,350 $2,025 proposed | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Apr 23, 2009 | Kingsburg | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $6,750 $7,685 proposed | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Feb 22, 2008 | Kingsburg | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious | $20,585 $38,425 proposed | Apr 4, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Sun Maid Growers of California.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 10 citations, $210
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 9 citations, 5 serious, $53,320
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $20,900
- 8 CCR 4051, Projecting Shaft Ends: 4 citations, 2 serious, $10,835
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 3 citations, 3 serious, $12,600
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,500
- 8 CCR 3340, Accident Prevention Signs: 2 citations, $1,276
- 8 CCR 4050, Shafting, Collars, Clutches, and Couplings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $15,300
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 Sun-Maid Growers of California
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.