Bristol Farms safety record at a glance
Bristol Farms has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 27, 2001 and Feb 25, 2026. 6 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $63,376 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $36,061. The largest single penalty, $18,955, came from an inspection opened Jan 19, 2023 in Rolling Hills Estates. That places the employer at #2,633 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Westchester, San Diego, Santa Moni, Rolling Hills Estates, Long Beach, West Hollywood, Encinitas, Los Angeles.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2026 | Westchester | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Oct 30, 2025 | San Diego | Accident | 3 citations | $15,120 | $4,870 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Santa Moni | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 20, 2023 |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Westchester | Planned | 4 citations | $1,370 | $875 | Aug 1, 2023 |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Rolling Hills Estates | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $34,560 | $18,955 | Oct 9, 2023 |
| Apr 27, 2022 | Long Beach | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $4,115 | $3,150 | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Nov 24, 2020 | West Hollywood | Accident | 3 citations | $1,216 | $1,216 | Jul 23, 2021 |
| Jun 10, 2020 | Encinitas | Accident | 2 citations | $655 | $655 | Mar 1, 2021 |
| Aug 23, 2017 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 12, 2017 |
| Apr 11, 2017 | San Diego | Accident | 3 citations | $1,170 | $1,170 | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Mar 14, 2012 | Manhattan Beach | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $5,170 | $5,170 | Aug 18, 2012 |
| Apr 22, 2009 | Redondo Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 1, 2009 |
| Oct 7, 2004 | Redondo Beach | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 6, 2005 |
| Jun 27, 2001 | South Pasadena | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Bristol Farms Inc.; Bristol Farms - Lazy Acres.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 1 serious, $2,350
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 3 citations, $235
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $8,750
- 8 CCR 3384: 2 citations, $1,310
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $550
- 8 CCR 4543: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, $420
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego 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 Bristol Farms
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.