Sunsweet Dryers safety record at a glance
Sunsweet Dryers has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 6, 2001 and Jun 14, 2024. 5 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $70,375 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $59,625. The largest single penalty, $25,000, came from an inspection opened Aug 31, 2004 in Orland. That places the employer at #1,113 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Construction. Worksites in Live Oak, Corning, Gridley, Marysville, Yuba City, Winters, Colusa, Orland.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2024 | Live Oak | Planned | 2 citations | $270 | $270 | Jan 10, 2025 |
| May 29, 2020 | Corning | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Sep 22, 2016 | Gridley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2017 |
| Aug 17, 2016 | Marysville | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2016 |
| Aug 20, 2015 | Marysville | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 2 serious | $13,300 | $13,300 | Aug 10, 2016 |
| Jul 6, 2012 | Yuba City | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $14,000 | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Aug 16, 2011 | Winters | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Apr 9, 2012 |
| Oct 27, 2010 | Gridley | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 8, 2010 |
| Oct 15, 2009 | Gridley | Planned | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Nov 23, 2009 |
| Aug 4, 2009 | Live Oak | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 3, 2009 |
| Sep 10, 2008 | Gridley | Planned | 3 citations | $350 | $350 | Dec 4, 2008 |
| Sep 5, 2008 | Yuba City | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Oct 25, 2011 |
| Jun 12, 2008 | Colusa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 27, 2008 |
| Aug 31, 2004 | Orland | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $25,000 | $25,000 | Aug 23, 2005 |
| Sep 4, 2003 | Live Oak | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 21, 2003 |
| Aug 28, 2002 | Live Oak | Planned | 1 citation | $395 | $395 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Nov 6, 2001 | Yuba City | Complaint | 3 citations | $7,350 | $600 | Jun 30, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Sunsweet Dryers, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, 2 serious, $13,860
- 8 CCR 5097: 2 citations, $350
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $25,000
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $395
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 4070: 1 citation, $225
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Sunsweet Dryers
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.