Inspection record, Imperial

Petree Farms Cal/OSHA Inspection, Nov 22, 2019

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Accident inspection in Imperial: 5 citations, $19,385. One of 9 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 an accident inspection of Petree Farms at Huff Rd & Curtis Road, Imperial (Imperial County) on Nov 22, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 70 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 5 citations (1 serious) and proposed $19,385 in penalties; the current total is $19,385. The case closed on Jun 15, 2020. The employer has 8 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 14001(C) General
Issued May 12, 2020. Proposed $375, current $375. 70 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 8, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3395(H)(1), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued May 12, 2020. Proposed $560, current $560. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 8, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3441(A)(1), Agricultural equipment operation General
Issued May 12, 2020. Proposed $1,125, current $1,125. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 8, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3664(B), Industrial trucks, operator training General
Issued May 12, 2020. Proposed $1,125, current $1,125. 3 workers exposed. Abatement due Jun 8, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3441(A)(2)(B), Agricultural equipment operation Serious
Issued May 12, 2020. Proposed $16,200, current $16,200. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due May 27, 2020, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Nov 18, 2019. Employee sustains crushing injuries when run over by tractor
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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 344467741. 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 344467741, 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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