Inspection record, Lompoc

Sorrento Berry Farms LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 2, 2022

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Referral inspection in Lompoc: 5 citations, $18,090. One of 4 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 referral inspection of Sorrento Berry Farms LLC at 1724 E. Highway 246, Lompoc (Santa Barbara County) on Mar 2, 2022. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 7 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 5 citations (3 serious) and proposed $31,120 in penalties; the current total is $18,090. 5 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. The case closed on Feb 24, 2023. The employer has 3 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 341(D)(5)(A) General
Issued Aug 15, 2022. Proposed $935, current $935. 7 workers exposed. Contested Jan 23, 2023, final order Feb 24, 2023. Abatement due Sep 6, 2022, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3203(A)(7), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Aug 15, 2022. Proposed $935, current $280. 6 instances. 7 workers exposed. Contested Jan 23, 2023, final order Feb 24, 2023. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 1541.1(a), Excavations, protective systems Serious
Issued Aug 15, 2022. Proposed $11,250, current $9,000. 7 workers exposed. Contested Jan 23, 2023, final order Feb 24, 2023. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 1541(C)(2), Excavations, general Serious
Issued Aug 15, 2022. Proposed $9,000, current $1,125. 7 workers exposed. Contested Jan 23, 2023, final order Feb 24, 2023. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 1541(K)(1), Excavations, general Serious
Issued Aug 15, 2022. Proposed $9,000, current $6,750. 2 instances. 7 workers exposed. Contested Jan 23, 2023, final order Feb 24, 2023. 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 345812481. 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 345812481, 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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