Sycamore Labor, Inc. safety record at a glance
Sycamore Labor, Inc. has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 5, 2017 and Jul 1, 2026. 9 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 4 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $63,195 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $49,515. The largest single penalty, $25,400, came from an inspection opened Jul 11, 2024 in Mec. That places the employer at #1,515 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Bakersfield, Thermal, Arvin, Coachella, Mec, Pumpkin Center.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | Bakersfield | Planned | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Thermal | Planned | 1 citation | $795 | $795 | open |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Arvin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Arvin | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2025 |
| May 28, 2025 | Coachella | Planned | 2 citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 19, 2024 |
| Jul 11, 2024 | Mec | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $25,400 | $25,400 | Sep 9, 2025 |
| May 26, 2023 | Thermal | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 24, 2023 |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Mec | Accident | 2 citations | $1,400 | $900 | Dec 13, 2022 |
| May 13, 2021 | Thermal | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 11, 2021 |
| Jul 15, 2020 | Pumpkin Center | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 8, 2021 |
| Jul 8, 2020 | Thermal | Referral | 4 citations 1 repeat | $4,160 | $3,920 | Aug 12, 2021 |
| Jul 11, 2019 | Arvin | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 4, 2019 |
| Jun 26, 2019 | Thermal | Accident | 1 citation | $850 | $850 | Nov 16, 2019 |
| Sep 18, 2017 | Mec | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,135 | $10,195 | May 1, 2018 |
| Aug 17, 2017 | Arvin | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2018 |
| May 30, 2017 | Arvin | Accident | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Aug 25, 2017 |
| May 5, 2017 | Arvin | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | $6,750 | Nov 13, 2017 |
Also recorded as: Sycamore Labor Inc.; Sycamore Labor Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $9,940
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,650
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,385
- 8 CCR 3646: 2 citations, $3,850
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 2 citations, $425
- 8 CCR 2946: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3653: 1 citation, $795
- 8 CCR 3458: 1 citation, $450
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 Sycamore Labor, 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.