Sunwest Fruit CO., Inc. safety record at a glance
Sunwest Fruit CO., Inc. has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 19, 2003 and Dec 10, 2020. 7 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $81,405 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $52,670. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Sep 7, 2013 in Traver. 4 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #1,355 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 5 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Manufacturing. Worksites in Parlier, Sanger, Traver.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2020 | Parlier | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 14, 2021 |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Parlier | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2021 |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Parlier | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 10, 2020 |
| May 20, 2019 | Parlier | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2019 |
| Jul 27, 2017 | Parlier | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 17, 2017 |
| Apr 8, 2015 | Parlier | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $8,390 | $5,335 | Nov 13, 2015 |
| Jul 31, 2014 | Sanger | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 23, 2014 |
| Sep 7, 2013 | Traver | Accident | death 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Feb 6, 2015 |
| Jan 24, 2008 | Parlier | Follow-up | 1 citation 1 serious | $13,500 | $9,000 | Mar 1, 2009 |
| Aug 4, 2006 | Parlier | Accident | 2 citations | $655 | $655 | Mar 27, 2009 |
| Jul 8, 2004 | Parlier | Accident | 10 citations 5 serious | $35,800 | $14,620 | Jul 12, 2008 |
| Mar 2, 2004 | Parlier | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 12, 2004 |
| Aug 19, 2003 | Parlier | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,060 | $5,060 | Jul 13, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Sunwest Fruit CO Inc; Sunwest Fruit Company, Inc.; Sunwest Fruit Company, Inc; Sunwest Fruit Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 11 citations, 6 serious, $23,620
- 8 CCR 3381: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,725
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation, $350
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $260
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 Sunwest Fruit CO., 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.