Sure Fresh Produce, LLC safety record at a glance
Sure Fresh Produce, LLC has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 17, 2002 and May 7, 2026. 2 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $58,120 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $33,815. The largest single penalty, $20,050, came from an inspection opened Aug 11, 2021 in Santa Maria. That places the employer at #2,898 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Santa Maria.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Santa Maria | Planned | 2 citations | $610 | $610 | open |
| Mar 21, 2022 | Santa Maria | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $935 | $935 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Santa Maria | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $20,050 | $20,050 | Dec 2, 2021 |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Santa Maria | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $18,245 | $8,845 | Aug 10, 2011 |
| Oct 13, 2004 | Santa Maria | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 29, 2004 |
| Jun 17, 2002 | Santa Maria | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,280 | $3,375 | Jun 27, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Sure Fresh Produce; Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc.; Sure Fresh Produce, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 2 serious, $8,845
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,210
- 8 CCR 5189: 2 citations, $610
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $14,400
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Maria 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 Sure Fresh Produce, LLC
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.