Wilbur-Ellis Company safety record at a glance
Wilbur-Ellis Company has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 8, 2007 and Apr 3, 2025. 8 of them were planned inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 82 in all: 23 serious. Inspectors proposed $221,900 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $125,255. The largest single penalty, $41,760, came from an inspection opened Jan 6, 2016 in San Joaquin. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #274 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Manufacturing. Worksites in Willows, El Centro, Greenfield, Rio Linda, Elk Grove, San Joaquin, King City, El Nido.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2025 | Willows | Planned | 6 citations 1 serious | $9,635 | $3,970 | Aug 19, 2025 |
| May 22, 2020 | Willows | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2020 |
| Apr 19, 2019 | El Centro | Fatality or catastrophe | death 7 citations 2 serious | $17,920 | $9,215 | Oct 11, 2019 |
| Sep 13, 2017 | Greenfield | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $19,125 | $7,500 | May 23, 2018 |
| Aug 22, 2017 | Willows | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $27,500 | $14,450 | Jan 5, 2018 |
| May 9, 2017 | Rio Linda | Planned | 8 citations 1 serious | $9,090 | $4,875 | Feb 22, 2018 |
| Feb 13, 2017 | Elk Grove | Planned | 3 citations | $11,470 | $2,635 | Jan 30, 2018 |
| Jan 6, 2016 | San Joaquin | Accident | 5 citations 3 serious | $41,760 | $41,760 | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Mar 10, 2015 | San Joaquin | Accident | 1 citation | $315 | $315 | Dec 18, 2015 |
| Feb 26, 2013 | King City | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | $1,125 | Apr 13, 2013 |
| Sep 28, 2012 | El Nido | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 24, 2012 |
| Feb 15, 2011 | El Nido | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 8, 2011 |
| Aug 16, 2010 | Blythe | Follow-up | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 16, 2010 |
| Jul 21, 2010 | Dixon | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 11, 2010 |
| Jan 13, 2010 | Woodland | Planned | 4 citations | $450 | $450 | May 24, 2010 |
| Nov 18, 2009 | Soledad | Programmed related | 2 citations | $11,250 | $1,600 | Apr 7, 2010 |
| Mar 12, 2009 | Blythe | Planned | 11 citations 3 serious | $28,525 | $13,950 | Jun 9, 2010 |
| Dec 2, 2008 | Soledad | Planned | 20 citations 8 serious | $16,080 | $7,535 | Oct 18, 2010 |
| May 8, 2007 | Hughson | Complaint | 8 citations 3 serious | $27,655 | $15,875 | May 8, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Wilbur Ellis Company; Wilbur Ellis, Inc dba Hughson Chemical Company; Wilbur-Ellis CO. dba Soilserv, Inc.; Wilbur-Ellis CO.; Wilbur-Ellis dba Soilserv/John Pryor; Wilbur-Ellis; Wilbur-Ellis Company, LLC; Wilbur-Ellis Company LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 20 citations, 6 serious, $4,060
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 7 citations, $3,000
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 5 citations, 1 serious, $4,995
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 5 citations, 1 serious, $3,675
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $8,190
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, 2 serious, $8,125
- 8 CCR 501: 3 citations, 1 serious, $6,095
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 2 citations, 2 serious, $20,700
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 Wilbur-Ellis 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 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.