Van Groningen & Sons, Inc. safety record at a glance
Van Groningen & Sons, Inc. has been the subject of 33 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 14, 2004 and Aug 27, 2026. 9 of them were planned inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $39,185 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $17,265. The largest single penalty, $3,600, came from an inspection opened Aug 4, 2023 in Mante. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #8,604 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Mante, Stockton, Riverbank, Escalon, Ripon, Salida, French Camp.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | Mante | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Stockton | Planned | 2 citations | $425 $700 proposed | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Riverbank | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Escalon | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 3, 2024 |
| Jul 5, 2024 | Mante | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 13, 2024 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Mante | Accident | 2 citations | $3,600 $18,600 proposed | Mar 4, 2024 |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Mante | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | Nov 27, 2023 |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $3,000 $7,200 proposed | Sep 12, 2023 |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Mante | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 21, 2022 |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Stockton | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 19, 2022 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Mante | Referral | no citations | $0 | Nov 18, 2021 |
| Jul 25, 2020 | Ripon | Referral | no citations | $0 | Oct 16, 2020 |
| Jul 14, 2020 | Salida | Referral | 3 citations | $2,250 | Jan 14, 2021 |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Mante | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Mar 16, 2020 |
| Oct 15, 2019 | Mante | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | May 21, 2020 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 $3,375 proposed | Sep 6, 2019 |
| Jun 27, 2018 | Mante | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Aug 27, 2018 |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Ripon | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Aug 10, 2015 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 22, 2015 |
| May 31, 2013 | French Camp | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | Sep 9, 2013 |
| Aug 16, 2012 | Stockton | Planned | 2 citations | $565 | Mar 1, 2013 |
| Sep 14, 2011 | French Camp | Planned | no citations | $0 | Oct 15, 2012 |
| Sep 14, 2010 | Ripon | Planned | no citations | $0 | Oct 13, 2010 |
| Mar 11, 2010 | Mante | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Mar 11, 2010 |
| Jul 6, 2009 | Mante | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 7, 2010 |
| Jun 20, 2009 | Stockton | Planned | 1 citation | $750 | Jun 3, 2011 |
| Aug 26, 2008 | Mante | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 3, 2008 |
| Jun 4, 2008 | Mante | Planned | 1 citation | $750 $1,500 proposed | Mar 16, 2010 |
| May 15, 2008 | Mante | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | Dec 4, 2008 |
| Jul 7, 2005 | Stockton | Planned | 4 citations | $750 $1,770 proposed | Jul 31, 2007 |
| Apr 14, 2004 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 7, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Van Groningen & Sons Inc; Van Groningen and Sons, Inc.; Van Groningen & Sons, Inc; Van Groningen & Sons Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 10 citations, $4,725
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, 1 serious, $6,165
- 8 CCR 3441, Agricultural equipment operation: 2 citations, $1,075
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 4001, Machine Power Control: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation, $200
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Stockton 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 Van Groningen & Sons, 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.