What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened a planned inspection of Richwood Meat Company, Inc. at 2751 N. Santa FE Drive, Merced (Merced County) on Aug 4, 2006. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on safety hazards. The record lists 115 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 13 citations (10 serious) and proposed $12,720 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $10,290. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Dec 6, 2006. The employer has 9 other inspections on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $0, current $0. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 28, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $300, current $300. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 28, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $0, current $0. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 28, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 8, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 3, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $270, current $270. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 3, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $270, current $270. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 3, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $270, current $270. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 3, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $2,700, current $270. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 8, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 2 instances. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 8, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $270, current $270. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 8, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $270, current $270. 3 instances. 4 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 8, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $270, current $270. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 8, 2006, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Sep 28, 2006. Proposed $300, current $0. 2 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 28, 2006, completed. 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 309677862. 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 309677862, checked Nov 4, 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.