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Pacific Spawn Company: OSHA inspections and violations

Ventura, California · Mushroom Production · NAICS 111411

1inspections
10citation items
$37,050current penalties
May 4, 2022last inspection

Pacific Spawn Company has one OSHA inspection on record in California.

OSHA opened it on May 4, 2022 after an accident, in Ventura.

From that inspection OSHA issued 10 citation items: 6 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $58,650 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $37,050, down 37%.

For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. Pacific Spawn Company averages $37,050 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Pacific Spawn Company: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345983985 OPENED MAY 4, 2022Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 2024

4440 Olivas Park Dr., Ventura, CA 93001 · Mushroom Production · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 22, 2022: Employee amputates thumb while cleaning mushroom soil baggin

At 7:30 a.m. on February 22, 2022, Employee #1 was cleaning a mushroom soil bagging machine. Employee #1 amputated his right hand thumb while the machine was energized. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203(B)(2)
 Other-than-serious$150$150Aug 16, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3203(A)
 Other-than-serious$150$150Aug 16, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3234(D)
 Other-than-serious$75$75Aug 16, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3314(C)
 Serious$15,750$15,750Aug 16, 2022Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 3314(L)
 Other-than-serious$6,300$450Aug 16, 2022Final
Citation 4, item 1
29 CFR 3999(A)
 Serious$6,300$3,150Aug 16, 2022Final
Citation 5, item 1
29 CFR 3999(B)
 Serious$6,300$3,150Aug 16, 2022Final
Citation 6, item 1
29 CFR 4002(A)
 Serious$7,875$4,725Aug 16, 2022Final
Citation 7, item 1
29 CFR 4070(A)
 Serious$7,875$4,725Aug 16, 2022Final
Citation 8, item 1
29 CFR 4075(A)
 Serious$7,875$4,725Aug 16, 2022Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

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