Cardenas Market safety record at a glance
Cardenas Market has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 5, 2006 and Aug 21, 2026. 12 of them were accident inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 40 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $157,570 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $83,355. The largest single penalty, $22,725, came from an inspection opened Nov 21, 2017 in Ontario. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #619 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Lake Elsinore, East Palo Alto, San Jose, San Bernardino, Oakland, Ontario, Fontana, Pomona.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Lake Elsinore | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Sep 18, 2020 | East Palo Alto | Accident | 1 citation | $350 | 0 | Jun 25, 2021 |
| Sep 14, 2020 | San Jose | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 29, 2021 |
| Sep 8, 2020 | San Bernardino | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 17, 2020 |
| May 29, 2020 | Oakland | Referral | 10 citations 2 serious | $17,800 | $15,050 | Aug 11, 2022 |
| Apr 27, 2020 | San Jose | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations 1 serious | $17,430 | $7,310 | May 31, 2021 |
| Dec 19, 2019 | San Bernardino | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Dec 7, 2020 |
| Nov 21, 2017 | Ontario | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $29,475 | $22,725 | Feb 6, 2019 |
| May 29, 2014 | Ontario | Accident | 2 citations | $1,500 | $1,500 | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Jul 21, 2010 | Fontana | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Feb 11, 2011 |
| Mar 10, 2010 | Fontana | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,120 | $600 | Sep 21, 2015 |
| Dec 29, 2009 | Ontario | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $150 | Feb 11, 2011 |
| Apr 3, 2008 | Pomona | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $30,150 | $6,000 | Jul 25, 2009 |
| Mar 24, 2008 | Pomona | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 24, 2008 |
| Sep 6, 2006 | Fontana | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $15,000 | $3,120 | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Apr 5, 2006 | Montclair | Accident | 9 citations 1 serious | $25,245 | $8,150 | Mar 22, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Cardenas Market, Inc.; Cardenas Market LLC; Cardenas Market, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4543: 11 citations, 7 serious, $53,775
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 2 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 4 citations, $1,420
- 8 CCR 3249: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Jose 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 Cardenas Market
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.