OSHA has inspected Crestone Group LLC 2 times in California since 2013.
The latest one began on Jul 15, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Carlsbad.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $18,720 and now stand at $5,780, 69% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,872, and Crestone Group LLC averages $160 (1 cited inspection).
Inspection 317229722 OPENED SEP 13, 2013Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Aug 19, 2015
5927 Farnsworth Court, Carlsbad, CA 92008 · Commercial Bakeries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Aug 20, 2013: Baker amputates tip of finger in dough dividing machine
At approximately 9:00 p.m. on August 20, 2013, Employee #1, a 47-year-old female baker with Crestone Group LLC., and a coworker were cleaning the dough dividing machine, a Konig Maschinen Number 672, Futura Model, Serial Number 03-3-3905 on the Main Production floor. Employee #1 was standing on a platform or a ladder, and she was going up to the top of the Konig machine to see if the blades were c lean. Employee #1 told the coworker to turn on the machine to rotate the blades (jogging mode) to see if it was clean. Employee #1 had a wet rag on her hand, bu t the rag slipped; she fell and she tried to grab it. Employee #1 reached in to grab the towel and her thumb got caught in the blades. Employee #1 screamed "my thumb." The coworker turned off the machine and went to go get another worker to help with Employee #1's injury. Employee #1 was transported to Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside for surgery and treatment. Employee #1 suffered bone loss o f the distal phalanx of her right thumb in this event. Crestone Group LLC was a wholesale bakery that bakes table breads for restaurants, bakes yeasted breads, breads and pastries.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
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| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 4545 A |
Other-than-serious | $560 | $560 | Feb 20, 2014 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 3314 C |
Serious | $18,000 | $5,060 | Feb 20, 2014 | Final |
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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