Tri Valley Vegetable Harvesting Inc. safety record at a glance
Tri Valley Vegetable Harvesting Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 26, 2002 and Aug 18, 2023. 4 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 21 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $48,710 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $32,605. The largest single penalty, $14,000, came from an inspection opened Jan 18, 2019 in Santa Maria. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,091 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Guadalupe, Santa Maria.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2023 | Guadalupe | Accident | 2 citations | $1,300 | open |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Santa Maria | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,785 | Jul 28, 2022 |
| Jul 1, 2020 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 $8,775 proposed | Feb 1, 2022 |
| Jan 18, 2019 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $14,000 $18,000 proposed | Jan 7, 2026 |
| Jul 9, 2014 | Santa Maria | Accident | death 4 citations | $2,435 | Dec 29, 2014 |
| Jun 19, 2012 | Santa Maria | Referral | 6 citations 3 serious | $7,730 $14,435 proposed | Oct 30, 2014 |
| Jul 13, 2010 | Santa Maria | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | Aug 24, 2011 |
| Mar 26, 2002 | Santa Maria | Planned | 3 citations | $1,230 | Sep 6, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Tri Valley Vegetable Harvesting Inc; Tri-Valley Vegetable Harvesting Inc; Tri Valley Vegetable Harvesting; Tri-Valley Vegetable Harvesting Inc.; Tri-Valley Vegetable Harvesting, Inc; Tri Valley Vegetable Harvesting, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 6 citations, 1 serious, $6,470
- 8 CCR 3440, Agricultural Equipment: 3 citations, 1 serious, $680
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, 2 serious, $18,050
- 8 CCR 3653, Seat Belts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,450
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $1,060
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $650
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $560
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Tri Valley Vegetable Harvesting 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.