The Pictsweet Company safety record at a glance
The Pictsweet Company has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 16, 2009 and Mar 17, 2026. 3 of them were planned inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 10 serious. Inspectors proposed $122,225 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $102,550. The largest single penalty, $31,775, came from an inspection opened Oct 4, 2018 in Santa Maria. That places the employer at #418 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Santa Maria.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2026 | Santa Maria | Planned | 2 citations | $840 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Santa Maria | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 2 serious | $25,200 | open |
| Jun 22, 2020 | Santa Maria | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 10, 2020 |
| Oct 4, 2018 | Santa Maria | Accident | 4 citations 3 serious | $31,775 $48,190 proposed | Aug 6, 2019 |
| Sep 8, 2016 | Santa Maria | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,485 $19,120 proposed | Jun 27, 2018 |
| May 11, 2010 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | May 10, 2011 |
| May 11, 2010 | Santa Maria | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Aug 13, 2010 |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Santa Maria | Planned | 5 citations 3 serious | $8,250 $10,875 proposed | Feb 2, 2010 |
Also recorded as: The Pictsweet Company, Inc.; Pictsweet.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 4 serious, $48,875
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,150
- 8 CCR 4227, Metal Shears: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $840
- 8 CCR 3339, Cargo, Materials, or Equipment: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4186, Maintenance and Use of Point of Operation Tools and Guards: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 The Pictsweet Company
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 4, 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.