What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Malley Farms at Zachary Avenue, 1 Mile North of Elmo, Shafter (Kern County) on Mar 15, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 12 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 1 citation (1 serious) and proposed $12,600 in penalties; the current total is $10,800. 1 citation was contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Mar 1, 2021. The employer has 2 other inspections on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Jul 18, 2019. Proposed $12,600, current $10,800. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 30, 2019, final order Feb 19, 2021. Read the rule.
Issued Jul 18, 2019. Proposed $3,375, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 30, 2019, final order Feb 19, 2021. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: agriculture,agriculture machinery/vehicle,brush chipper,caught by,energized,engine,farm machinery,fracture,lockout,lockout/tagout,motor vehicle,run over,struck by,tire,tractor,vehicle in gear 1 hospitalized
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 343854212. 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 343854212, 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 A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change.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.