North Fork, California · Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming · NAICS 112111
OSHA has inspected Circle W Ranch, LP 2 times in California since 2004.
The latest one began on May 5, 2022 after an accident, in North Fork.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $6,615 and now stand at $3,115, 53% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and Circle W Ranch, LP averages $1,245 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
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Watch this company29555 Wyle Ranch Road, North Fork, CA 93643 · Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 3203(A)(4) |
Other-than-serious | $525 | $525 | Sep 21, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 3395(I) |
Other-than-serious | $195 | $195 | Sep 21, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 3441(A)(2)(B) |
Other-than-serious | $525 | $525 | Sep 21, 2022 | Final |
29555 Wyle Ranch Rd, North Fork, CA 93643 · Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Feb 9, 2004 (fatal): Employee dies from body burn complications
At about 4:15 p.m. on February 9, 2004, Employee #1 was burning brush piles with a five-gallon metal bucket of diesel fuel, using a propane torch. He set the fu el bucket up hill from the burning brush, and, as he was watching the brush fire burn, he noticed that the dried grass in the path of fuel bucket also caught fi re. Employee #1 then rushed to retrieve the fuel bucket, but, by then, the fire already reached the bucket. When he grabbed the melting hot plastic cover of the bucket handle, he dropped the bucket and caused a splash of hot diesel fuel to ignite his clothing. He then ran up the hill shredded his burning clothes and ro lled on the ground to suffocate the rest of his burning clothes. Employee #1 and his companion, not an employee of the Circle W Ranch, got into his car and drov e to the North Fork Clinic and later to the Oakhurst Community Medical Center, w here he was transported via helicopter to the Burn Center at UMC in Fresno, Cali fornia. Employee #1 died on February 18, 2004. The Madera County Coroner's Offic e reported the cause of death as a bilateral bronchopneumonia due to 30% to 40%- body burns.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 342 A |
Other-than-serious | $5,000 | $1,500 | Jul 12, 2004 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 3203 A |
Other-than-serious | $185 | $185 | Jul 12, 2004 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 29 CFR 5194 E01 |
Other-than-serious | $185 | $185 | Jul 12, 2004 | Final |
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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