BEN ABATTI FARMS
KEYSTONE & FORRESTER RD, EL CENTRO, CA 92244
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Aug 30, 2007#310813100Aug 30, 2007Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#310813100$1,0005 viol.5 violations$1,000 in penalties
Inspection #310813100
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 30, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 31, 2007
- Closed
- Sep 23, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,750
- Penalties on Record
- $1,000
- Site Address
- 205 E. Mc Cabe Road, El Centro, CA 92244
- Industry
- 111199
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 2340.16 Work Space About Electric Equipment OSHA citation code: 23400016 B | Other | 1 | 50 | $550 | $200 | Jan 30, 2008 | - | - |
| 01002 | 2500.8 Uses Not Permitted OSHA citation code: 25000008 A | Other | 1 | 50 | $550 | $200 | Jan 30, 2008 | - | - |
| 01003 | 3362 General Requirements OSHA citation code: 3362 G | Other | 1 | 50 | $550 | $200 | Jan 30, 2008 | - | - |
| 01004 | 4650 Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders OSHA citation code: 4650 H | Other | 1 | 50 | $550 | $200 | Jan 30, 2008 | - | - |
| 01005 | 5194 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 5194 F04 A | Other | 2 | 50 | $550 | $200 | Jan 30, 2008 | - | - |
May 9, 2002#300790060May 9, 2002Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#300790060$2001 viol.1 violation$200 in penalties
Inspection #300790060
Dates
- Opened
- May 9, 2002
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 6, 2002
- Closed
- May 6, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 125
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $200
- Penalties on Record
- $200
- Site Address
- 184 Commercial St, El Centro, CA 92243
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee's finger amputated after being crushed
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program OSHA citation code: 3203 A07 F | Other | 1 | - | $200 | $200 | Aug 27, 2002 | - | - |
Sep 30, 1999#120273214Sep 30, 1999Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#120273214$7502 viol.2 violations$750 in penalties
Inspection #120273214
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 30, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 18, 2000
- Closed
- Jul 17, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $750
- Penalties on Record
- $750
- Site Address
- Keystone & Forrester Rd, El Centro, CA 92244
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3457 Field Sanitation OSHA citation code: 3457 C02 D | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Apr 3, 2000 | - | - |
| 01002 | 3457 Field Sanitation OSHA citation code: 3457 C03 G3 | Other | 1 | 4 | $750 | $750 | Mar 7, 2000 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
3 inspections, 1999 to 2007. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: oilseed and grain farming reported 1.8 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 54.8%; NAICS 1111 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. BLS note: Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. Source