Inspection record, Hanford

Machado Dairy & Farming Company, Inc. Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 17, 2023

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

Complaint inspection in Hanford: 11 citations, $14,080. The employer's only inspection on 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 complaint inspection of Machado Dairy & Farming Company, Inc. at 5230 9th Ave, Hanford (Kings County) on Mar 17, 2023. It was a partial inspection focused on health hazards. 12 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 11 citations (2 serious) and proposed $25,910 in penalties; the current total is $14,080. 11 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 3 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case is still open.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3203(A)(3), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $225, current $225. 11 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3203(A)(7), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $450, current $170. 3 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Oct 16, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3328(G), Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $600, current $600. 3 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Oct 30, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3368(B) General
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $600, current $450. 2 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Oct 30, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 3382(A) General
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $600, current $600. 2 instances. 6 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Oct 30, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 3395(C), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $335, current $335. 11 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 3395(H)(1), Heat illness prevention, outdoor General
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $450, current $300. 1 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Oct 16, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 5217(N) General
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $150, current $150. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Oct 16, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 5162(A), Emergency eyewash and shower General
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $450, current $225. 6 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3273(L), Working area, floors and walkways Serious
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $12,600, current $6,300. 4 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Sep 26, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3385(A), Foot protection Serious
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $9,450, current $4,725. 6 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Sep 26, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01001: 8 CCR 5157(C)(2), Confined spaces General deleted on appeal
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $300, current $0. 4 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Oct 30, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3368(D) General deleted on appeal
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $600, current $0. 6 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Oct 30, 2023, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 3380(F)(4), Personal protective equipment General deleted on appeal
Issued Sep 12, 2023. Proposed $600, current $0. 2 instances. 3 workers exposed. Contested Sep 15, 2023, final order Nov 21, 2024. Abatement due Oct 16, 2023, completed. 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 346574700. 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 346574700, 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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