Five Crowns, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Brawley, California · Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing · NAICS 311411
4inspections
13citation items
$71,300current penalties
Apr 25, 2025last inspection
Five Crowns, Inc. has 4 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 2019.
OSHA's last visit started on Apr 25, 2025 as part of a related case, in Brawley.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 13 citation items: 5 serious and 8 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $95,115 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $71,300, down 25%.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,874. Five Crowns, Inc. averages $17,825 over 4 cited inspections in that time.
Five Crowns, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on May 4, 2019: Employee fractures arm when caught in screw conveyor
At 5:00 a.m. on May 4, 2019, an employee was using a water hose to clean ice build up on an energized screw conveyor. The conveyor had a missing grate on top, which served as a machine guard. The employee dropped the water hose into the conveyor housing and he reached down to grab the hose when his jacket became caught in the revolving auger. With his right hand entangled in the mechanism, he attempted to use his left hand to free his right hand. In the process, he fractured his left hand in two places and injured his lower arm and was hospitalized.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 4, item 1
29 CFR 3999(A)
Serious
$18,000
$18,000
Nov 1, 2019
Final
Inspection 343891933 OPENED MAR 28, 2019Closed
Planned · Partial · Safety · 48 employees at the site · Closed Sep 30, 2019
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Brawley site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 74 workers: 7.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 64 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Five Crowns
Brawley · 2025
74
5
1
7.5
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
Oct 27, 2020 to Nov 10, 2020
Brawley
3
0
$0
$2,579
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
