OSHA has inspected Gless Ranch, Inc. 12 times in California since 1989.
The latest one began on Mar 24, 2026 as a planned inspection, in Bakersfield.
Those inspections ended with 24 citation items: 2 serious and 22 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,035 and now stand at $8,260, 25% 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 Gless Ranch, Inc. averages $1,675 (2 cited inspections).
Gless Ranch, 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 Oct 18, 2003: Employee amputates fingers when caught in jucier
At approximately 7:28 a.m. on October 18, 2003, Employee #1 and a coworker were attempting to start a FMC multi-fruit juicer, Model Number PO51, Serial Number 6 1020106. Employee #1 removed the back cover, or guarding component, of the juice maker, and was attempting to bump start the juicer drive motor. A coworker was standing in front of the juice maker with his finger on the start button, while Employee #1 attempted to manually manipulate the chain and sprocket drive assemb ly of the machine from the back. The machine was driven by a 12-inch sprocket wi th a 1-inch link steel drive chain. When the machine started, it caught Employee #1's right hand, resulting in the amputation of four fingers. He was transporte d to a local hospital in a privately owned vehicle, and then transferred to a la rger facility, where he was treated and hospitalized for seven days.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3314 A
Other-than-serious
$560
$300
Jan 6, 2004
Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3314 G
Other-than-serious
$185
$0
Jan 6, 2004
Final
Inspection 119939080 OPENED JUN 4, 1999Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Sep 27, 1999
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Riverside site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 260 workers: 0.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 94 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Gless Ranch, Inc
Riverside · 2025
260
2
2
0.7
3.9
Riverside site
Riverside · 2021
250
7
4
2.9
3.9
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
Sep 1, 2017 to Dec 10, 2017
Riverside
2
0
$0
$1,954
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)
(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.
(2) Toilet and handwashing facilities. (i) One toilet facility and one handwashing facility shall be provided for each twenty (20) employees or fraction thereof, except as stated in paragraph (c)(2)(v) of this section.
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.
