Valley Fig Growers safety record at a glance
Valley Fig Growers has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 27, 2012 and Feb 13, 2024. 4 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 34 in all: 13 serious. Inspectors proposed $93,495 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $87,630. The largest single penalty, $23,475, came from an inspection opened Sep 18, 2012 in Fresno. That places the employer at #574 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Fresno.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2024 | Fresno | Unprogrammed related | 9 citations | $3,430 | $3,430 | Jul 22, 2024 |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Fresno | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $15,390 | $15,390 | Aug 2, 2024 |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $935 | $935 | open |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Fresno | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,050 | $7,050 | Jan 4, 2024 |
| May 16, 2022 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 15, 2022 |
| Oct 12, 2017 | Fresno | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $22,950 | $22,950 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Jun 24, 2015 | Fresno | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 25, 2015 |
| Apr 8, 2015 | Fresno | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $14,400 | $14,400 | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Sep 18, 2012 | Fresno | Planned | 15 citations 8 serious | $29,340 | $23,475 | Feb 11, 2014 |
| Apr 27, 2012 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 8, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Valley Fig Growers, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 5 citations, $1,605
- 8 CCR 3302: 2 citations, 2 serious, $28,800
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 2 citations, $670
- 8 CCR 3583: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,950
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fresno 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 Valley Fig Growers
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.