American Licorice Company safety record at a glance
American Licorice Company has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 1, 2004 and May 18, 2026. 5 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 28 in all: 19 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $163,410 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $117,365. The largest single penalty, $35,010, came from an inspection opened Jun 1, 2004 in Union City. That places the employer at #318 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Union City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Union City | Planned | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Union City | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $16,870 | open |
| May 10, 2018 | Union City | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,710 | Sep 27, 2018 |
| May 4, 2015 | Union City | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious 1 repeat | $26,100 $58,500 proposed | Oct 30, 2015 |
| Aug 9, 2013 | Union City | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Apr 23, 2013 | Union City | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $24,150 $32,995 proposed | May 7, 2014 |
| Dec 22, 2009 | Union City | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Jan 12, 2010 |
| May 15, 2008 | Union City | Planned | 7 citations 3 serious | $6,525 $11,325 proposed | Oct 7, 2008 |
| Jun 1, 2004 | Union City | Accident | 10 citations 10 serious | $35,010 | Aug 31, 2006 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 2 serious, $25,050
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, 1 serious, $9,645
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $22,770
- 8 CCR 4050, Shafting, Collars, Clutches, and Couplings: 2 citations, 2 serious, $5,670
- 8 CCR 4549: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 3329, Machinery, operating procedures: 1 citation, 1 serious, $7,650
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
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 Licorice Company
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.