HILMAR CHEESE COMPANY, INC.
9001 N. LANDER AVENUE, HILMAR, CA 95324 · NAICS 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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Inspection records
Jul 19, 2011#314992587Jul 19, 2011Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#314992587$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #314992587
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 19, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 19, 2011
- Closed
- Aug 15, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 750
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9001 N. Lander Avenue, Hilmar, CA 95324
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Apr 30, 2010#312577935Apr 30, 2010Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#312577935$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #312577935
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 30, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 20, 2010
- Closed
- Dec 24, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 750
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9001 N. Lander Avenue, Hilmar, CA 95324
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Feb 8, 2010#312577018Feb 8, 2010Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#312577018$1,4853 viol.3 violations$1,485 in penalties
Inspection #312577018
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 8, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- May 13, 2010
- Contested
- Jun 14, 2010
- Final Order
- Jun 21, 2011
- Closed
- Jul 21, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 750
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $8,925
- Penalties on Record
- $1,485
- Site Address
- 9001 N. Lander Avenue, Hilmar, CA 95324
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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 is injured in fall from ladder
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3314 The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout OSHA citation code: 3314 C | Other | 1 | 4 | $850 | $425 | Feb 8, 2010 | Jun 14, 2010 | Jun 21, 2011 |
| 01002 | 3314 The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout OSHA citation code: 3314 G A | Other | 1 | 4 | $425 | $210 | Feb 8, 2010 | Jun 14, 2010 | Jun 21, 2011 |
| 02001 | 3329 Pipe Lines OSHA citation code: 3329 D | Other | 1 | 4 | $7,650 | $850 | Feb 8, 2010 | Jun 14, 2010 | Jun 21, 2011 |
Jul 29, 2009#312575194Jul 29, 2009Programmed Related (I) · Partial scope, Safety#312575194$7501 viol.1 violation$750 in penalties
Inspection #312575194
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 29, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 5, 2009
- Closed
- Sep 20, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 850
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $750
- Penalties on Record
- $750
- Site Address
- 9001 N. Lander Avenue, Hilmar, CA 95324
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3310 Discharge Location OSHA citation code: 3310 A | Other | 1 | 2 | $750 | $750 | Sep 11, 2009 | - | - |
Jul 9, 2008#310552344Jul 9, 2008Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#310552344$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310552344
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 9, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 14, 2008
- Closed
- Jul 16, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 750
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9001 N. Lander Avenue, Hilmar, CA 95324
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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 is amputated by star valve
Mar 20, 2007#310545140Mar 20, 2007Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#310545140$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310545140
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 20, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- May 4, 2007
- Closed
- Jul 9, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 600
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9001 N. Lander Avenue, Hilmar, CA 95324
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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 amputates finger while cleaning machine
Mar 20, 2007#310545132Mar 20, 2007Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#310545132$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310545132
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 20, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- May 4, 2007
- Closed
- Jul 9, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 600
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9001 N. Lander Avenue, Hilmar, CA 95324
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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 fractures arm while repairing machine
Mar 9, 2007#310544903Mar 9, 2007Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#310544903$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310544903
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 9, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- May 3, 2007
- Closed
- May 8, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 600
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9001 N. Lander Avenue, Hilmar, CA 95324
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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.
Five employees's are exposed to toxic chemical fumes
Nov 15, 2006#125813469Nov 15, 2006Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#125813469$2501 viol.1 violation$250 in penalties
Inspection #125813469
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 15, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 5, 2006
- Contested
- Dec 15, 2006
- Final Order
- Jul 16, 2008
- Closed
- Aug 18, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 600
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,060
- Penalties on Record
- $250
- Site Address
- 9001 N. Lander Avenue, Hilmar, CA 95324
- Industry
- 311513 Cheese Manufacturing
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 arm is injured by cheese cutter
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3314 The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout OSHA citation code: 3314 C | Other | 1 | 1 | $5,060 | $250 | Dec 29, 2006 | Dec 15, 2006 | Jul 16, 2008 |
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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.
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Standards cited
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