Inspection record, Salinas

Growers Ice Company Cal/OSHA Inspection, Aug 22, 2018

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Planned inspection in Salinas: 4 citations, $6,400. One of 5 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 planned inspection of Growers Ice Company at 1060 Growers, Salinas (Monterey County) on Aug 22, 2018. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 35 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 4 citations (0 serious) and proposed $8,515 in penalties; the current total is $6,400. 4 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Mar 25, 2019. The employer has 4 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 3314(G)(2)(A), Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Feb 1, 2019. Proposed $685, current $100. 15 instances. 8 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2019, final order Mar 13, 2019. Abatement due Feb 27, 2019, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 5143(A)(5) General
Issued Feb 1, 2019. Proposed $410, current $300. 2 instances. 8 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2019, final order Mar 13, 2019. Abatement due Feb 27, 2019, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 5162(A), Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Feb 1, 2019. Proposed $3,710, current $3,000. 3 instances. 8 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2019, final order Mar 13, 2019. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 5162(C), Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Feb 1, 2019. Proposed $3,710, current $3,000. 3 instances. 8 workers exposed. Contested Feb 8, 2019, final order Mar 13, 2019. 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 343415972. 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 343415972, 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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