Inspection record, Kingsburg

Leopoldo's Farm Service, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 23, 2020

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Accident inspection in Kingsburg: 2 citations, $565. One of 15 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 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 Leopoldo's Farm Service, Inc. at Road 28 and Ave 400, Kingsburg (Tulare County) on Sep 23, 2020. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 101 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 2 citations (0 serious) and proposed $8,075 in penalties; after appeal or settlement the current total is $565. 2 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Jan 17, 2023. The employer has 14 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 3203(b)(1), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Mar 15, 2021. Proposed $425, current $325. 101 workers exposed. Contested Mar 25, 2021, final order Aug 1, 2022. Abatement due Nov 30, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3276(e)(15)(C), Portable ladders General
Issued Mar 15, 2021. Proposed $7,650, current $240. 1 worker exposed. Contested Mar 25, 2021, final order Aug 1, 2022. Read the rule.

The accident

Sep 17, 2020. Employee pruning trees fractures leg in fall from ladder
Keywords: agriculture,entangled,fall,fall from elevation,farm,farm worker,fibula,fracture,injury illness prevention program,laborer,ladder,leg,orchard ladder,slip,tibia,tree,tree pruner 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 344942594. 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 344942594, checked Nov 4, 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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