Abelena Belasquez, left, grabs frozen burritos on the assembly line at the Amy's Kitchen factory in Santa Rosa, Calif., Aug. 25, 2004.The thriving frozen-food company in California _ is being aggressively courted by Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who for a year has been trying to persuade organic and natural food businesses in the neighboring state of California to move north. Kulongoski has pointed out to Amy's Kitchen that in Oregon, it could save nearly $4 million on workers compensation costs, energy and taxes. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Safety issues were found at an Amy’s Kitchen facility. Over 13 health and safety violations were found by Cal/OSHA inspectors at the Amy’s Kitchen Santa Rosa production plant, resulting in $25,000 in fines. Three violations are considered “serious” and include issues such as “unsecured guards in dough-flattening conveyors.” That could harm workers by pulling their hands or clothing into exposed machinery. The company is contesting the fines with Steve Myers, senior manager of risk and safety for Amy’s Kitchen, telling KQED they were “technical violations of the code.” Amy’s Kitchen facilities have accumulated over $120,000 in penalties from Cal/OSHA between 2014 and 2019.