Sunview Cold Storage safety record at a glance
Sunview Cold Storage has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 4, 2008 and Oct 6, 2017. 1 of them were referral inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $18,655 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $13,155. The largest single penalty, $8,750, came from an inspection opened Apr 19, 2011 in Bakersfield. That places the employer at #11,788 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Construction. Worksites in Mc Farland, Earlimart, Bakersfield, McFarland.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2017 | Mc Farland | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 2, 2018 |
| Nov 13, 2014 | Earlimart | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2014 |
| Apr 19, 2011 | Bakersfield | Accident | 4 citations | $14,250 | $8,750 | Jul 10, 2012 |
| Nov 4, 2008 | McFarland | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $4,405 | $4,405 | Nov 12, 2014 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 5189: 2 citations, $655
- 8 CCR 1510: 1 citation, $4,500
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 1 citation, $3,500
- 8 CCR 3248: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 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 Sunview Cold Storage
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.