Sun World International LLC safety record at a glance
Sun World International LLC has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 5, 2001 and Sep 20, 2019. 6 of them were planned inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 32 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $48,545 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $21,735. The largest single penalty, $9,435, came from an inspection opened Dec 5, 2001 in Bakersfield. That places the employer at #5,925 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 6 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Bakersfield, Wasco, Coachella, Shafter, Arvin.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2019 | Bakersfield | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 20, 2019 |
| Jun 18, 2018 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 10, 2018 |
| Aug 2, 2016 | Wasco | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $6,750 | Aug 28, 2017 |
| Mar 13, 2014 | Coachella | Planned | 7 citations | $5,550 | $5,550 | Dec 21, 2015 |
| Aug 4, 2010 | Wasco | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 4, 2010 |
| Jun 4, 2009 | Shafter | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2009 |
| Apr 22, 2009 | Arvin | Planned | 1 citation | $9,000 | 0 | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Sep 17, 2008 | Bakersfield | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 10, 2010 |
| Jan 5, 2006 | Bakersfield | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 9, 2006 |
| Dec 5, 2001 | Bakersfield | Planned | 23 citations 1 serious | $15,995 | $9,435 | Aug 13, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Sun World International Inc; Sun World International, Inc.; Sun World International, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 14 citations, $3,630
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 4 citations, 1 serious, $5,850
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 4 citations, $2,115
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 3653: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3248: 1 citation, $825
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $375
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 World International 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.