The Morning Star Packing Company, L.P. safety record at a glance
The Morning Star Packing Company, L.P. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 31, 2005 and Oct 8, 2026. 8 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 33 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $79,388 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $47,558. The largest single penalty, $28,565, came from an inspection opened Oct 10, 2024 in Williams. That places the employer at #1,644 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Williams, Los Banos.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Williams | Fatality or catastrophe | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Williams | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Williams | Planned | 13 citations 4 serious | $28,565 | $28,565 | open |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Los Banos | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 28, 2023 |
| Aug 3, 2020 | Williams | Accident | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Aug 12, 2021 |
| Aug 21, 2019 | Williams | Accident | 2 citations | $18,638 | $5,638 | Jan 29, 2021 |
| Oct 8, 2018 | Williams | Accident | 4 citations | $2,140 | $2,140 | Feb 5, 2019 |
| Oct 12, 2017 | Los Banos | Planned | 12 citations 4 serious | $16,120 | $7,790 | Feb 22, 2018 |
| Aug 23, 2011 | Los Banos | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 26, 2011 |
| Nov 10, 2005 | Williams | Accident | 1 citation | $13,500 | $3,000 | Mar 3, 2008 |
| Aug 31, 2005 | Williams | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 29, 2005 |
Also recorded as: The Morning Star Packing CO; Morning Star Packing; The Morning Star Packing Company; The Morning Star Packing Company, LP; The Morning Star Packing Company L.P.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4051: 3 citations, 3 serious, $12,145
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, $5,900
- 8 CCR 5097: 3 citations, $2,520
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,763
- 8 CCR 3578: 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,435
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,750
- 8 CCR 4050: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 2 citations, $560
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.
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If you work, or worked, at The Morning Star Packing Company, L.P.
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.