Bed Bath & Beyond safety record at a glance
Bed Bath & Beyond has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 5, 2000 and Jan 26, 2022. 10 of them were complaint inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 30 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $31,875 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,185. The largest single penalty, $5,300, came from an inspection opened May 5, 2000 in Pleasant Hill. That places the employer at #7,141 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 6 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade. Worksites in Modesto, Roseville, Elk Grove, Oakland, Milpitas, Stevenson Ranch, Yuba City, San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2022 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Roseville | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,220 | $1,220 | Jun 22, 2022 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | Elk Grove | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,300 | $3,600 | Nov 16, 2021 |
| Oct 23, 2019 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 1, 2020 |
| Jun 19, 2019 | Milpitas | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Nov 4, 2019 |
| Aug 4, 2011 | Stevenson Ranch | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,305 | $745 | Nov 11, 2013 |
| Nov 14, 2008 | Yuba City | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $1,500 | Aug 6, 2009 |
| Feb 1, 2008 | San Francisco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 19, 2008 |
| Feb 15, 2007 | Monrovia | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 | $2,700 | Mar 28, 2008 |
| Feb 3, 2004 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 3 citations | $935 | $935 | Nov 6, 2006 |
| Aug 5, 2003 | Dublin | Complaint | 2 citations | $935 | $935 | Jun 22, 2006 |
| Jun 26, 2003 | Thousand Oaks | Complaint | 2 citations | $3,535 | $450 | Jun 24, 2006 |
| Mar 19, 2001 | San Francisco | Complaint | 8 citations | $3,370 | $1,200 | Mar 12, 2009 |
| May 5, 2000 | Pleasant Hill | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $5,300 | $5,300 | Apr 18, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Bed, Bath & Beyond; Bed Bath and Beyond; Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.; Bed Bath and Beyond, Inc.; Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 5 citations, $1,045
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,175
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations
- 8 CCR 4353: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,495
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $2,000
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3272: 2 citations, $525
- 8 CCR 3225: 2 citations, $485
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto employment lawyer, Roseville employment lawyer, Elk Grove employment lawyer.
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. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "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 Bed Bath & Beyond
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 1, 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.