Inspection record, Poplar

Malhi and Gill Farms Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 26, 2001

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Planned inspection in Poplar: 6 citations, $11,400. The employer's only inspection on record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened a planned inspection of Malhi and Gill Farms at Road 192 & Avenue 136, Poplar (Tulare County) on Sep 26, 2001. It was a partial inspection focused on health hazards. 11 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 6 citations (3 serious) and proposed $11,400 in penalties; the current total is $11,400. 5 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Sep 13, 2010.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3203 A, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jan 31, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 7 workers exposed. Contested Mar 4, 2002, final order Aug 5, 2004. Abatement due Feb 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3439 A General
Issued Jan 31, 2002. Proposed $150, current $150. 7 workers exposed. Contested Mar 4, 2002, final order Aug 5, 2004. Abatement due Feb 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3457 C01 C, Field sanitation General
Issued Jan 31, 2002. Proposed $300, current $300. 7 workers exposed. Contested Mar 4, 2002, final order Aug 5, 2004. Abatement due Feb 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3441 C, Agricultural equipment operation Serious
Issued Jan 31, 2002. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 3 workers exposed. Contested Mar 4, 2002, final order Aug 5, 2004. Abatement due Feb 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3457 C02 A, Field sanitation Serious
Issued Jan 31, 2002. Proposed $4,050, current $4,050. 7 workers exposed. Contested Mar 4, 2002, final order Aug 5, 2004. Abatement due Feb 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 3457 C02 A, Field sanitation Serious
Issued Dec 6, 2001. Proposed $4,050, current $4,050. 7 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 11, 2001. Read the rule.

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 300802733. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 300802733, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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.

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