Chef America, Inc. safety record at a glance
Chef America, Inc. has been the subject of 3 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 9, 2000 and Feb 19, 2002. 3 of them were accident inspections. 1 of them produced citations, 2 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $1,310 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $1,310, came from an inspection opened Jan 17, 2002 in Chatsworth. That places the employer at #47,321 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2002 | Chatsworth | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 1, 2002 |
| Jan 17, 2002 | Chatsworth | Accident | 2 citations | $1,310 | Dec 9, 2006 |
| Jun 9, 2000 | Chatsworth | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 20, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $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. 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 Chef America, Inc.
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.