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RIO FARMS, LLC

KCS RANCH 43700 METZ RD, KING CITY, CA, 93930
111219Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming
EIN 770009052

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OSHA inspections
23
over 37 years
Violations
28
$34,305 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 3 hospitalizations · 10 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

RIO FARMS, LLC has accumulated 28 OSHA violations across 23 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $34,305 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 1,505 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 months ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

RIO FARMS, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
23
0.6 / yr · last 37 yrs
Violations
28
0.8 / yr
Penalties
$34,305
$1,225 avg / violation
21% serious79% other
Inspection trigger · planned
14 of 23
Inspection trigger · accident
5 of 23

52% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 24 citations in this view · $34,155 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1928.0110 C03 III44$560Dec 1991Dec 1991
29 CFR 1928.0110 C02 I22$140Sep 1988Dec 1991
3328(A)(2)11$18,000Jul 2017Jul 2017
3314(C)11$6,300Apr 2024Apr 2024
29 CFR 1928.0110 C01 II11$858Dec 1991Dec 1991
3400(B)11$850Jul 2017Jul 2017
3380(F)(1)11$800Nov 2025Nov 2025
3328(G)11$750Apr 2020Apr 2020
3203(A)(4)11$750Apr 2020Apr 2020
3328(B)11$750Apr 2020Apr 2020
29 CFR 2473.0002 A11$700Apr 2024Apr 2024
3203(A)(4)(B)11$700Apr 2024Apr 2024
3314(G)(2)(A)11$630Apr 2024Apr 2024
3203(A)(2)11$600Nov 2025Nov 2025
3395(F)(4)11$450Dec 2015Dec 2015
29 CFR 1928.0110 C01 I11$368Dec 1991Dec 1991
3660 A11$300Mar 2001Mar 2001
3314 G11$300Mar 2001Mar 2001
5162 E11$200Mar 2001Mar 2001
3457 C02 B0511$150Dec 1992Dec 1992

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 1112 within CA. Peer group: 1,505 employers. This establishment has 28 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $620
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
4.4
vs industry
+1.6
TRIR
4.9
vs industry
+0.2

Reported for 405 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
4.7
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
14
Complaint
1
Accident
5
Referral
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for RIO FARMS, LLC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Nov 14, 2019Agriculture,Head,Run Over,Tire,Tractor Trailer,UnresponsiveFatality11
Feb 25, 2017Back,Burn,Fire,Guard,Neck,PPE,Pipe,Spark,Torch11
Oct 3, 2006FRACTURE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CONVEYOR,ARM,CONVEYOR BELT11
Sep 26, 2000CHAIN,AMPUTATED,CAUGHT BY,ENGINE,CLOGGED,TRACTOR,ARM,HAND11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
11 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 11 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$0

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 2 cases · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2013 – Jun 2013All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming0
Dec 2007 – Jan 2008Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming0

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for RIO FARMS, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for RIO FARMS, LLC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for RIO FARMS, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for RIO FARMS, LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
RIO FARMS
FIRST ST AND LONEOAK · KING CITY, CA, 93930
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
541305
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for RIO FARMS, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-07-09Planned2$1,400
2023-10-27Accident42$8,330
2022-08-16Referral0$0
2020-05-06Referral0$0
2019-11-14Fatality/Catastrophe3$2,250
2017-02-28Accident42$18,850
2015-07-23Complaint1$450
2008-05-16Planned0$0
2006-12-07Accident0$0
2001-04-24Accident0$0
2000-10-06Accident3$800
1996-06-13Planned0$0
1994-04-13Planned0$0
1993-04-27Planned0$0
1992-10-09Planned2$300
1992-09-17Planned0$0
1992-02-26Planned0$0
1992-02-26Planned0$0
1991-11-13Planned1$140
1991-11-13Planned2$280
1991-11-13Planned21$998
1991-11-12Planned21$508
1988-08-23Planned2$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on RIO FARMS, LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

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Frequently asked

What is RIO FARMS, LLC's OSHA violation history?
RIO FARMS, LLC has 23 OSHA inspections on record with 28 violations and $34,305 in total penalties.
How does RIO FARMS, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
RIO FARMS, LLC operates in the other vegetable (except potato) and melon farming industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.7. RIO FARMS, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 4.42 compared to an industry average of 2.8.
Has RIO FARMS, LLC had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving RIO FARMS, LLC.