Inspection record, Santa Maria

Tri Valley Vegetable Harvesting Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Jun 19, 2012

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

Referral inspection in Santa Maria: 6 citations, $7,730. One of 8 inspections on this employer's 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 referral inspection of Tri Valley Vegetable Harvesting Inc. at 830 Foxen CYN Rd., Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County) on Jun 19, 2012. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 16 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 6 citations (3 serious) and proposed $14,435 in penalties; the current total is $7,730. 6 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Oct 30, 2014. The employer has 7 other inspections on its California record.

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 Dec 19, 2012. Proposed $150, current $150. Contested Jan 7, 2013, final order Aug 9, 2013. Abatement due Jan 5, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3440 C03 General
Issued Dec 19, 2012. Proposed $225, current $0. Contested Jan 7, 2013, final order Aug 9, 2013. Abatement due Jan 5, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3395 F01, Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Dec 19, 2012. Proposed $560, current $560. Contested Jan 7, 2013, final order Aug 9, 2013. Abatement due Jan 5, 2013, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3440 F01 Serious
Issued Dec 19, 2012. Proposed $4,050, current $270. Contested Jan 7, 2013, final order Aug 9, 2013. Abatement due Dec 29, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 3441 B, Agricultural equipment operation Serious
Issued Dec 19, 2012. Proposed $4,050, current $4,050. Contested Jan 7, 2013, final order Aug 9, 2013. Abatement due Dec 29, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 3653 A Serious
Issued Dec 19, 2012. Proposed $5,400, current $2,700. Contested Jan 7, 2013, final order Aug 9, 2013. Abatement due Dec 29, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3440 C01 Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Dec 19, 2012. Proposed $4,050, current $0. Contested Jan 7, 2013, final order Aug 9, 2013. Abatement due Dec 29, 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 314830407. 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 314830407, 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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