Valley Pride Inc safety record at a glance
Valley Pride Inc has been the subject of 54 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 3, 2000 and Jul 22, 2026. 41 of them were planned inspections. 21 of them produced citations, 39 in all: 3 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $114,895 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $68,625. The largest single penalty, $30,400, came from an inspection opened Oct 18, 2016 in Salinas. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #875 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 9 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Mec, Thermal, King City, Salinas, Castroville, Coachella, Chualar, Oasis.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | Mec | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Thermal | Planned | 4 citations | $1,375 | $1,375 | open |
| Apr 22, 2024 | King City | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $26,000 | $22,750 | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Thermal | Complaint | 1 citation | $1,125 | $1,125 | Aug 16, 2022 |
| Oct 18, 2016 | Salinas | Fatality or catastrophe | death 7 citations | $52,800 | $30,400 | Aug 6, 2018 |
| Jun 20, 2015 | Mec | Referral | 2 citations | $1,495 | $935 | Feb 19, 2016 |
| Sep 24, 2013 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 2, 2015 |
| Sep 19, 2013 | Castroville | Planned | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Feb 10, 2014 |
| May 16, 2013 | Mec | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 11, 2013 |
| Apr 11, 2012 | Coachella | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 11, 2012 |
| Oct 18, 2011 | Coachella | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 11, 2012 |
| Jul 13, 2011 | Castroville | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 13, 2011 |
| May 23, 2011 | Chualar | Accident | 1 citation | $3,600 | $800 | Jun 2, 2012 |
| May 3, 2011 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 3, 2011 |
| Mar 29, 2011 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 29, 2011 |
| Dec 10, 2010 | Castroville | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2010 |
| Jul 14, 2010 | Thermal | Planned | 1 citation 1 repeat | $4,000 | $4,000 | Feb 28, 2011 |
| May 26, 2010 | Coachella | Planned | 1 citation | $185 | 0 | Jan 23, 2013 |
| Jan 21, 2010 | Thermal | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 27, 2010 |
| Jul 18, 2009 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2009 |
| Jun 27, 2009 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 2, 2009 |
| May 20, 2009 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2009 |
| May 19, 2009 | Coachella | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Sep 28, 2010 |
| May 19, 2009 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 18, 2009 |
| May 12, 2009 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 8, 2009 |
| Apr 15, 2009 | Mec | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | $100 | Jun 9, 2010 |
| Apr 2, 2009 | Salinas | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,025 | $2,025 | Feb 15, 2011 |
| Jan 21, 2009 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 22, 2009 |
| Nov 14, 2008 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 2, 2009 |
| Jun 19, 2008 | Thermal | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2009 |
| May 15, 2008 | Thermal | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | 0 | Feb 20, 2013 |
| Jan 24, 2008 | Thermal | Planned | 2 citations | $1,500 | $750 | Jan 26, 2009 |
| Jan 23, 2008 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 28, 2008 |
| Jun 16, 2007 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2007 |
| Aug 23, 2006 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Jun 13, 2006 | Thermal | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 7, 2008 |
| Nov 3, 2005 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Jun 15, 2005 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 22, 2005 |
| Jan 27, 2005 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 4, 2005 |
| Jan 26, 2005 | Mec | Planned | 2 citations | $6,175 | $500 | Jul 17, 2008 |
| Jan 26, 2005 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 4, 2005 |
| May 27, 2004 | Coachella | Planned | 4 citations | $1,310 | $185 | Oct 10, 2006 |
| May 27, 2004 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 7, 2004 |
| May 26, 2004 | Mec | Planned | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Oct 9, 2006 |
| Apr 14, 2004 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 5, 2004 |
| Mar 21, 2003 | Thermal | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 10, 2003 |
| Mar 28, 2002 | Oasis | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 24, 2002 |
| Mar 26, 2002 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 19, 2002 |
| Mar 15, 2001 | Coachella | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Feb 20, 2007 |
| Mar 14, 2001 | Coachella | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2004 |
| Feb 14, 2001 | Mec | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Oct 25, 2000 | Coachella | Planned | 2 citations | $6,485 | $1,385 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Oct 25, 2000 | Coachella | Planned | 1 citation | $3,825 | $425 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Aug 3, 2000 | Salinas | Planned | 1 citation | $135 | $135 | Oct 31, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Valley Pride; Valley Pride, Inc.; Valley Pride Inc.; Valley Pride, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 10 citations, $8,560
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 10 citations, $8,210
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 4 citations, $8,935
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,800
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 2 citations, $14,000
- 8 CCR 3653: 2 citations, $800
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $425
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,385
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.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Valley Pride 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.