Inspection record, Terra Bella

Russell Contracting Cal/OSHA Inspection, Oct 8, 2015

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Complaint inspection in Terra Bella: 4 citations, $9,000. One of 7 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 complaint inspection of Russell Contracting at Famosos Rd and 155, Terra Bella (Tulare County) on Oct 8, 2015. It was a partial inspection focused on health hazards. 160 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 4 citations (1 serious) and proposed $9,000 in penalties; the current total is $9,000. The case closed on Apr 13, 2016. The employer has 6 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 4300.40(a) General
Issued Mar 17, 2016. Proposed $375, current $375. 160 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 21, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3395(I)(4), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Mar 17, 2016. Proposed $1,125, current $1,125. 160 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 21, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3457(C)(3)(C), Field sanitation General
Issued Mar 17, 2016. Proposed $750, current $750. 160 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 21, 2016, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3395(D)(1), Heat illness prevention, outdoor Serious
Issued Mar 17, 2016. Proposed $6,750, current $6,750. 160 workers exposed. Abatement due Apr 21, 2016, 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 340974518. 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 340974518, 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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