American Beef Packers, Inc. safety record at a glance
American Beef Packers, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 12, 2011 and Jun 13, 2024. 10 of them were accident inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $69,995 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $50,520. The largest single penalty, $36,600, came from an inspection opened Apr 17, 2015 in Chino. That places the employer at #1,460 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Chino.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2024 | Chino | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Chino | Accident | 1 citation | $425 | Oct 10, 2022 |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Chino | Accident | 2 citations | $895 $1,120 proposed | Oct 16, 2023 |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Chino | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $500 $6,750 proposed | Jul 26, 2023 |
| May 31, 2018 | Chino | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 5, 2018 |
| Feb 20, 2018 | Chino | Accident | 1 citation | $425 | Jul 16, 2018 |
| Nov 2, 2016 | Chino | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | Jun 28, 2017 |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Chino | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 8, 2016 |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Chino | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $36,600 | Jun 4, 2018 |
| Jan 5, 2015 | Chino | Accident | 2 citations | $4,000 $6,000 proposed | Dec 3, 2018 |
| Oct 28, 2011 | Chino | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | Jun 29, 2016 |
| Apr 12, 2011 | Chino | Accident | 1 citation | $7,000 $18,000 proposed | Nov 22, 2013 |
Also recorded as: American Beef Packers Inc; American Beef Packers Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 2 serious, $20,485
- 8 CCR 4186, Maintenance and Use of Point of Operation Tools and Guards: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, $7,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 4552, Meat, Fish and Other Food Grinders: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3383, Body Protection: 1 citation, $425
- 8 CCR 5199.1: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 1 citation, $335
Accidents investigated
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at American Beef Packers, Inc.
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 4, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.