Inspection record, Richvale

Butte CO Rice Growers Assoc dba Bucra Cal/OSHA Inspection, Feb 9, 2012

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

Planned inspection in Richvale: 21 citations, $1,350. 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 Butte CO Rice Growers Assoc dba Bucra at 1121 Richvale Highway, Richvale (Butte County) on Feb 9, 2012. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 16 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 21 citations (0 serious) and proposed $2,320 in penalties; the current total is $1,350. 21 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Feb 20, 2013.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 461 A General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $75, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3212 A02 A, Floor openings and wall openings General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $75, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3276 E09, Portable ladders General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $110, current $75. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3314 H03, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $150, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3329 B, Machinery, operating procedures General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $75, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 4002 A, Machine guarding, moving parts General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $150, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Jul 12, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 5144 C01, Respiratory protection General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $110, current $75. 3 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 5144 E01, Respiratory protection General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $300, current $75. 4 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 5144 F02, Respiratory protection General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $225, current $75. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 5144 H02 A, Respiratory protection General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $75, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 5144 K, Respiratory protection General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $150, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 5189 D03 A2 General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $150, current $75. 5 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01013: 8 CCR 5189 E02 A General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $75, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01014: 8 CCR 5189 E04 General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $300, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01015: 8 CCR 5189 H01 General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $75, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01016: 8 CCR 5189 J02 C General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $75, current $75. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01017: 8 CCR 5189 J04 B General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $75, current $75. 3 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01018: 8 CCR 5189 L02 General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $75, current $75. 4 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01019: 8 CCR 5162 B, Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $0, current $0. 4 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 11, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01020: 8 CCR 5189 N General
Issued Jul 9, 2012. Proposed $0, current $0. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Aug 14, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01021: 8 CCR 5189 O General
Issued Jul 3, 2012. Proposed $0, current $0. 2 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Jul 18, 2012, final order Jan 22, 2013. Abatement due Jul 6, 2012, 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 314329475. 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 314329475, 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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