Sun Pacific Farming safety record at a glance
Sun Pacific Farming has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 17, 2002 and Jun 26, 2018. 7 of them were planned inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $60,985 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $38,440. The largest single penalty, $18,270, came from an inspection opened Mar 6, 2014 in Bakersfield. That places the employer at #2,370 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Reedley, Bakersfield, Firebaugh, Visalia, Maricopa, Porterville, Ducor, Lindsay.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2018 | Reedley | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $12,095 | $6,090 | Feb 7, 2019 |
| Apr 16, 2015 | Bakersfield | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 8, 2015 |
| Apr 29, 2014 | Reedley | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 9, 2014 |
| Mar 6, 2014 | Bakersfield | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $32,060 | $18,270 | Dec 21, 2015 |
| Jul 20, 2012 | Firebaugh | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 13, 2012 |
| Jul 11, 2012 | Visalia | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 20, 2012 |
| Jun 9, 2010 | Bakersfield | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 28, 2010 |
| Sep 21, 2009 | Bakersfield | Planned | 1 citation | $400 | $400 | Jan 4, 2010 |
| Aug 31, 2007 | Bakersfield | Planned | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Dec 8, 2007 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | Bakersfield | Planned | 2 citations | $7,125 | $4,375 | Jun 30, 2008 |
| Apr 6, 2006 | Maricopa | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,500 | $7,500 | Oct 30, 2006 |
| Apr 20, 2005 | Porterville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 20, 2005 |
| Mar 5, 2004 | Ducor | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 30, 2004 |
| Oct 7, 2003 | Lindsay | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 7, 2003 |
| Apr 22, 2003 | Visalia | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 29, 2003 |
| Apr 17, 2002 | Richgrove | Planned | 2 citations | $1,055 | $1,055 | Jul 6, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Sun Pacific Farming CO; Sun Pacific Farming, Inc.; Sun Pacific Farming, LLC; Sun Pacific Farming Company; Sun Pacific Farming Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $19,150
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 3 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 4650: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $4,000
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3214, Stair rails and handrails: 1 citation, $315
- 8 CCR 3661: 1 citation, $305
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Bakersfield 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 Sun Pacific Farming
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.