OSHA has inspected Lyons Magnus, LLC 15 times in California since 2002.
The latest one began on Aug 1, 2025 after an accident, in Fresno; the case is still open.
Those inspections ended with 19 citation items: 7 serious and 12 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $87,805 and now stand at $77,870, 11% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,873, and Lyons Magnus, LLC averages $11,773 (6 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Lyons Magnus, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
California · latest 90 days of OSHA records
1,128employers cited
2 of them in the same industry
Get notified the morning OSHA posts each new citation in California: the employer, the site address, the rules broken and the penalty.
Incident on Dec 15, 2020 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies
An employee worked in the Quality Assurance (QA) Department of a produce canning company testing samples. The employee last worked on December 7, 2020. On December 9, 2020, the employee reported his illness to his employer. On December 15, 2020, the employee was hospitalized and tested for COVID-19. On December 17, 2020, the employee received a positive test result. The employee died on December 26, 2020. The employee had worked with a coworker who left work on December 7, 2020, and tested positive for COVID-19. At the time of his illness, none of the employee's family members tested positive for COVID-19. The employer did not have an effective COVID-19 Prevention Program in place.
Incident on Feb 14, 2019: Employee is struck by steam, burns legs and back
At 8:49 p.m. on February 14, 2019, an employee was sterilizing boxes when steam escaped from a hose. The employee was burned on his legs and back and was hospitalized.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344191291 OPENED JUL 29, 2019Closed
Accident · Partial · Health · 290 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 2020
Incident on Jul 3, 2019: Employee's finger is amputated in case packer
At 9:40 a.m. on July 3, 2019, an employee was trying to unjam boxes from case packer while in operation. The employee put his hand into case packer to remove jammed boxes he suffered an injury to his left ring finger. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partial amputation of his left ring finger.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3314(D)
Other-than-serious
$560
$560
Jan 3, 2020
Final
Inspection 341090355 OPENED DEC 1, 2015Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 390 employees at the site · Closed Dec 4, 2015
Incident on Nov 4, 2010: Six employees are exposed when sanitizing tanks overflow
At 2:40 a.m. on November 4, 2010, six employees of Lyons Magnus, Inc. in Fresno, California, were exposed to a mixture of chlorine and acid from two 30 gallon h olding tanks used for sanitizing. The six employees had been working inside the food processing area of the building when the tanks overflowed, forming a vapor cloud of sodium hypochlorite. The employees had difficulty in breathing and were coughing while in the course of their normal duties. All six employees were tra nsported to Saint Agnes Hospital for treatment and were released.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203 B02
Other-than-serious
$185
$185
May 4, 2011
Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 5162 A
Other-than-serious
$5,060
$560
May 4, 2011
Final
Inspection 310824834 OPENED MAR 3, 2008Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 450 employees at the site · Closed May 21, 2008
Incident on Nov 14, 2001: Employee's right hand amputated while cleaning a vat
At approximately 5:40 p.m. on November 14, 2001, an employee was wiping down a F iller machine that takes liquid food products stored in a vat and fills plastic containers. Employee #1 was operating Filler #2 that contained chocolate syrup. Employee #2 was cleaning Filler #1 while Employee #1 got a "jump start" on clean ing Filler #2, The Filler machine #2 was in operation, when Employee #1 started to wipe down the outside of Filler #2. To reach the top of the vat, Employee #1 got a stair and was attempting to wipe down the rim of the vat when a piece of p aper fell out of his shirt pocket into the vat. Employee # 1 reached into the va t to retrieve the piece of paper the tip of his index and ring finger on his rig ht hand was sliced off by the steel blade and piston located inside the vat. The employee was transported to Fresno Community Hospital for treatment.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3314 A
Other-than-serious
$225
$225
May 9, 2002
Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 4002 A
Serious
$2,700
$2,700
May 9, 2002
Closed
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Fresno site logged 26 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 600 workers: 3.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 380 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Lyons Magnus
Fresno · 2025
600
26
10
3.9
3.4
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.
