Inspection record, Santa Maria

Edgar Ramirez dba Ram AG Harvesting and Trucking Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 11, 2012

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

Planned inspection in Santa Maria: 4 citations, $6,330. 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 Edgar Ramirez dba Ram AG Harvesting and Trucking at South Side of HWY 1 and N of Black Rd, Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County) on Sep 11, 2012. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 60 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (2 serious) and proposed $6,330 in penalties; the current total is $6,330. The case closed on Nov 27, 2012.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3203 B01, Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Oct 12, 2012. Proposed $240, current $240. 28 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 3, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3653 A General
Issued Oct 12, 2012. Proposed $240, current $240. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 17, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3441 B, Agricultural equipment operation Serious
Issued Oct 12, 2012. Proposed $2,925, current $2,925. 2 instances. 28 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 17, 2012, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3651 C Serious
Issued Oct 12, 2012. Proposed $2,925, current $2,925. 4 workers exposed. Abatement due Oct 17, 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 316440346. 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 316440346, 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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