WM. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. safety record at a glance
WM. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. has been the subject of 48 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 28, 2000 and Jul 7, 2026. 22 of them were accident inspections. 31 of them produced citations, 84 in all: 19 serious, 4 repeat. Inspectors proposed $447,085 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $323,170. The largest single penalty, $55,530, came from an inspection opened Aug 18, 2016 in Bakersfield. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #40 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Bakersfield, Avenal, Coalinga, New Cuyama, Buttonwillow, Cuyama.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | Bakersfield | Unprogrammed related | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,110 | open |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Bakersfield | Accident | 2 citations | $3,925 $5,425 proposed | Jan 30, 2023 |
| Oct 14, 2021 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 1 citation 1 repeat | $1,500 | Jan 20, 2023 |
| Jun 3, 2021 | Avenal | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Nov 19, 2021 |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Bakersfield | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $315 | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Dec 23, 2020 | Bakersfield | Accident | 2 citations 2 repeat | $38,000 | Mar 9, 2023 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 3 citations | $630 | May 22, 2020 |
| Jun 27, 2019 | Bakersfield | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $29,900 $42,050 proposed | Jun 22, 2020 |
| Jun 19, 2018 | Bakersfield | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $9,850 | Dec 10, 2018 |
| Mar 22, 2017 | Bakersfield | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $6,690 $19,060 proposed | Aug 27, 2020 |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 15, 2017 |
| Aug 18, 2016 | Bakersfield | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations 2 serious 1 repeat | $55,530 $69,300 proposed | Nov 18, 2024 |
| Aug 15, 2016 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 8, 2016 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 10, 2016 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 10, 2016 |
| Jan 21, 2016 | Bakersfield | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $24,930 $45,000 proposed | Aug 8, 2017 |
| Sep 4, 2015 | Coalinga | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 2 serious | $13,500 | Mar 28, 2016 |
| Jan 13, 2015 | Bakersfield | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $560 | Aug 25, 2015 |
| Dec 17, 2013 | Bakersfield | Unprogrammed related | 4 citations | $7,250 | May 18, 2016 |
| Oct 15, 2013 | Coalinga | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,500 | Jun 11, 2014 |
| Oct 14, 2013 | Coalinga | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $2,250 | Jun 11, 2014 |
| Oct 14, 2013 | Coalinga | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,500 | Jun 11, 2014 |
| Aug 27, 2012 | Bakersfield | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 $6,750 proposed | May 2, 2014 |
| Aug 10, 2012 | Bakersfield | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,370 | open |
| Sep 30, 2008 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 2 citations | $950 | Jul 30, 2009 |
| Sep 5, 2008 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 5, 2008 |
| Apr 10, 2008 | Bakersfield | Accident | 5 citations 3 serious | $31,735 | Dec 22, 2009 |
| Sep 17, 2007 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,825 | Jun 18, 2012 |
| Sep 11, 2007 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Dec 23, 2009 |
| Jul 10, 2007 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 3 citations | $845 | Mar 26, 2009 |
| Dec 21, 2006 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 21, 2006 |
| Dec 11, 2006 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 2, 2007 |
| Jun 8, 2006 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 13, 2006 |
| Dec 23, 2005 | Bakersfield | Accident | no inspection made | $0 | Jan 17, 2006 |
| Aug 8, 2005 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Apr 18, 2008 |
| Jun 9, 2004 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | Jul 13, 2006 |
| Apr 8, 2004 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 27, 2004 |
| Jul 22, 2003 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 24, 2003 |
| Oct 11, 2002 | New Cuyama | Accident | death 3 citations 2 serious | $20,070 $41,000 proposed | Aug 13, 2004 |
| Aug 15, 2002 | Bakersfield | Accident | 1 citation | $750 $18,000 proposed | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Nov 9, 2001 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 9, 2001 |
| Sep 18, 2001 | Buttonwillow | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 7, 2002 |
| Jan 12, 2001 | Buttonwillow | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 27, 2001 |
| Dec 20, 2000 | Buttonwillow | Accident | 1 citation | $1,500 $18,000 proposed | Aug 18, 2004 |
| Oct 25, 2000 | Buttonwillow | Planned | 20 citations | $4,935 | Aug 14, 2002 |
| Aug 28, 2000 | Cuyama | Planned | 2 citations | $1,500 $7,500 proposed | Sep 1, 2006 |
| Aug 28, 2000 | Cuyama | Planned | no citations | $0 | Sep 6, 2000 |
Also recorded as: WM. Bolthouse Farms Inc.; WM Bolthouse Farms Inc; WM Bolthouse Farms; WM. Bolthouse Farms; WM Bolthouse Farms, Inc.; WM. Bolthouse Farms. Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 11 citations, 4 serious, $129,310
- 8 CCR 3457, Field sanitation: 9 citations, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 8 citations, $3,825
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 7 citations, $1,390
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 6 citations, $1,875
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 4 citations, $2,080
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 3 citations, 2 serious, $36,375
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 3 citations, 1 serious, $19,060
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Bakersfield 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 WM. Bolthouse Farms, 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 4, 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.