What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of The Garlic Storage Company, LLC at 18602 Zerker Rd., Shafter (Kern County) on Feb 12, 2020. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 230 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 3 citations (2 serious) and proposed $39,655 in penalties; the current total is $31,215. The case closed on Jul 22, 2020. The employer has 1 other inspection on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued Jul 7, 2020. Proposed $280, current $280. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 24, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Jul 7, 2020. Proposed $16,875, current $8,435. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 17, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
Issued Jul 7, 2020. Proposed $22,500, current $22,500. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Jul 17, 2020, completed. Read the rule.
The accident
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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 344637962. 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 344637962, 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 A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change.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.