Double Lucky, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Soledad, California · Farm Labor Contractors and Crew Leaders · NAICS 115115
7inspections
8citation items
$33,020current penalties
Jul 18, 2022last inspection
Double Lucky, Inc. has 7 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 2009.
OSHA's last visit started on Jul 18, 2022 after an accident, in King City.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 8 citation items: 1 serious and 7 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $52,985 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $33,020, down 38%.
For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. Double Lucky, Inc. averages $8,255 over 4 cited inspections in that time.
2 inspections on this page followed a fatal incident.
Double Lucky, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $10,800 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
California · latest 90 days of OSHA records
1,128employers cited
12 of them in the same industry
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Incident on Apr 22, 2019 (fatal): Employee collapses while picking fruit from orchard and late
At 12:00 p.m. on April 22, 2019, an employee was picking lemons with a crew of other harvesters in an outdoor lemon orchard. The employee was walking to a table to empty his satchel when he collapsed. His coworkers provided CPR until Emergency Services arrived. The employee was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead due to a personal medical issue.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3395(I)
Other-than-serious
$750
$750
Jun 11, 2019
Final
Inspection 343409512 OPENED AUG 22, 2018Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 55 employees at the site · Closed Sep 14, 2020
Incident on Aug 17, 2018: Employee sustains multiple fractures in fall
At 12:40 p.m. on August 17, 2018, Employee #1 was standing on the seventh rung of a 12-foot tripod orchard ladder, approximately 78 inches from the ground, using a 10-foot fruit picking extension tool to harvest avocados. The employee was attempting to harvest avocados that were located higher in the tree and to the right of the location of the ladder. As he leaned to the right of the ladder and extended the picking extension tool to pull down the avocados, he lost his balance and fell from the ladder to the ground. Employee #1 sustained a fractured collarbone and four fractured vertebrae. He was hospitalized for treatment.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203(A)
Other-than-serious
$800
$0
Jan 2, 2019
Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3400(F)
Other-than-serious
$800
$800
Jan 2, 2019
Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3276(E)(15)
Other-than-serious
$18,000
$9,200
Jan 2, 2019
Final
Inspection 341520096 OPENED JUN 2, 2016Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed May 4, 2017
Incident on May 27, 2016 (fatal): Employee is killed by brain aneurism
At 11:30 a.m. on May 27, 2016, an employee was planting apple trees. The employee had a headache, and went to rest for the headache to pass. The employer took the employee to the hospital as soon as other symptoms were noticed. The employee suffered brain aneurysm and died.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 342(A)
Other-than-serious
$5,000
$3,000
Oct 5, 2016
Final
Inspection 341314227 OPENED MAR 8, 2016Closed
Complaint · No inspection · Health · Closed Mar 8, 2016
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Salinas site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 700 workers: 78.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 254 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
double lucky inc
Salinas · 2025
700
9
6
78.5
2.9
Double Lucky, Inc.
Salinas · 2020
600
6
1
2.2
2.9
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Jun 24, 2021 to Jun 9, 2022
Salinas
22
15
$10,800
$14,517
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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