Central Cold Storage Corporation safety record at a glance
Central Cold Storage Corporation has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 5, 2006 and May 12, 2022. 2 of them were planned inspections. All of them produced citations, 44 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $87,455 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $33,115. The largest single penalty, $23,635, came from an inspection opened Apr 17, 2017 in Castroville. That places the employer at #3,006 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Castroville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2022 | Castroville | Planned | 7 citations 1 serious | $5,355 | $2,900 | Sep 21, 2022 |
| Apr 17, 2017 | Castroville | Complaint | 23 citations 8 serious | $67,950 | $23,635 | Feb 16, 2018 |
| Mar 25, 2008 | Castroville | Planned | 10 citations 2 serious | $13,610 | $6,040 | Mar 4, 2009 |
| Sep 5, 2006 | Castroville | Accident | 4 citations | $540 | $540 | Jul 12, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Central Cold Storage.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 13 citations, 6 serious, $15,440
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $800
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $510
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $300
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $270
- 8 CCR 5192: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 2340.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 2320.2, Electrical, work on energized equipment: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
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. 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 Central Cold Storage Corporation
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.