Cal/OSHA records mirrored by NewBizBot show a Fatality/Catastrophe inspection (activity 348192345) opened April 18, 2025, at Gruma Corporation’s Fresno, Calif., tortilla manufacturing establishment. Citations issued July 21, 2025, list eight violations with current penalties totaling $117,750 — six serious, one repeat (IIPP-related), and one other-than-serious — and the case was listed open.
Cited Cal/OSHA standards in the aggregator table center on machine guarding and power-transmission items (including §§3999(b), 4050(a), 4051(a)–(b), and 4070(a)) plus related energy-control and injury-illness prevention entries. Fatality/Catastrophe is an OSHA inspection classification that can cover deaths, hospitalizations, or amputations.
Tortilla News did not find a public local-news report naming a deceased worker tied to this docket. Until an OSHA accident abstract or local confirmation is available, treat any death claim as unconfirmed and report the inspection type and citation totals only.
See the NewBizBot establishment page (and parallel OSHARecord Gruma listings) for the citation table; primary OSHA IMIS pages are often Cloudflare-gated from automated fetch.
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