Sunsweet Growers Inc safety record at a glance
Sunsweet Growers Inc has been the subject of 29 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 6, 2001 and Aug 24, 2026. 15 of them were accident inspections. 16 of them produced citations, 26 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $116,925 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $102,595. The largest single penalty, $25,650, came from an inspection opened Aug 10, 2022 in Yuba City. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #417 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Yuba City, Madera, Marysville, Orland, Gridley, Corning.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | Yuba City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Yuba City | Complaint | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Nov 24, 2025 | Yuba City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 18, 2026 |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Yuba City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Madera | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $485 | $485 | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Marysville | Accident | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Jul 18, 2023 | Yuba City | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,695 | $1,695 | Mar 12, 2024 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Yuba City | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 7, 2023 |
| Aug 10, 2022 | Yuba City | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $25,650 | $25,650 | May 8, 2023 |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Yuba City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 23, 2020 |
| Sep 20, 2019 | Yuba City | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious | $9,900 | $9,900 | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Orland | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $16,200 | $10,000 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Aug 15, 2017 | Yuba City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 14, 2018 |
| Apr 25, 2017 | Yuba City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 26, 2017 |
| Aug 12, 2015 | Gridley | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Nov 20, 2015 |
| May 23, 2014 | Yuba City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Sep 2, 2013 | Corning | Accident | death 1 citation | $280 | $280 | May 12, 2016 |
| Jul 15, 2013 | Yuba City | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jan 20, 2014 |
| Nov 7, 2011 | Yuba City | Complaint | 1 citation | $470 | $470 | Mar 9, 2012 |
| Jun 23, 2011 | Yuba City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 21, 2011 |
| Mar 11, 2010 | Yuba City | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $4,050 | $6,000 | Aug 22, 2012 |
| Oct 7, 2008 | Yuba City | Accident | death 3 citations 1 serious | $18,860 | $18,860 | Oct 3, 2012 |
| Aug 18, 2008 | Yuba City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Apr 25, 2006 | Yuba City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 5, 2006 |
| Oct 26, 2005 | Yuba City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 8, 2005 |
| Feb 22, 2005 | Yuba City | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,440 | $8,440 | Apr 21, 2006 |
| Dec 21, 2004 | Yuba City | Complaint | 1 citation | $335 | $335 | Apr 21, 2006 |
| Jun 12, 2002 | Yuba City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 6, 2002 |
| Mar 6, 2001 | Yuba City | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $28,350 | $18,270 | Nov 27, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Sunsweet Growers, Inc.; Sunsweet Growers Inc.; Sunsweet Growers, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 7 citations, 5 serious, $60,410
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 3 citations, 2 serious, $24,600
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $2,210
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $10,280
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 4000: 1 citation, $600
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 Growers Inc
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.