Sunfresh USA, Inc. safety record at a glance
Sunfresh USA, Inc. has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 1, 2008 and Oct 20, 2016. 3 of them were planned inspections. All of them produced citations, 13 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $11,290 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,185. The largest single penalty, $4,250, came from an inspection opened Oct 20, 2016 in Solvang. That places the employer at #17,288 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Transportation and Warehousing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Solvang, Buellton, Ventura, Oxnard.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2016 | Solvang | Referral | 4 citations 1 serious | $4,250 | $4,250 | open |
| May 14, 2014 | Buellton | Planned | 1 citation | $975 | $975 | Jul 28, 2014 |
| Feb 8, 2013 | Ventura | Planned | 1 citation | $100 | $100 | May 20, 2013 |
| Jun 26, 2012 | Ventura | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $5,355 | $2,250 | Mar 1, 2013 |
| May 1, 2008 | Oxnard | Accident | 2 citations | $610 | $610 | Dec 15, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Sunfresh USA Inc; Sunfresh USA Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 6 citations, 1 serious, $4,300
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $975
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $305
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $305
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation, $250
- 8 CCR 3440: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, $100
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. 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Sunfresh USA, Inc.
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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.