Compass Group USA, Inc. safety record at a glance
Compass Group USA, Inc. has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 5, 2013 and Feb 5, 2026. 5 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 36 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $64,710 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $45,805. The largest single penalty, $23,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 5, 2013 in Claremont. That places the employer at #1,752 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 12 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Accommodation and Food Services; Educational Services; Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in South San Francisco, Vallejo, Oakland, Los Angeles, Fremont, Hayward, Thousand Oaks, Brea.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2026 | South San Francisco | Planned | 4 citations | $600 | $600 | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Vallejo | Planned | 4 citations | $960 | $960 | open |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Oakland | Unprogrammed related | 5 citations 2 serious | $27,560 | $11,550 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Los Angeles | Accident | 3 citations | $2,055 | $2,055 | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Sep 9, 2020 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $225 | Jun 17, 2022 |
| Jan 29, 2019 | Fremont | Complaint | 8 citations | $4,295 | $3,450 | Apr 27, 2020 |
| Dec 30, 2016 | Hayward | Complaint | 7 citations | $4,445 | $2,730 | Nov 7, 2017 |
| Sep 7, 2016 | Thousand Oaks | Accident | 1 citation | $485 | $485 | Aug 4, 2017 |
| Jan 28, 2016 | Brea | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Nov 14, 2016 |
| Feb 5, 2013 | Claremont | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | $23,000 | Mar 30, 2015 |
Also recorded as: Compass Group USA Inc dba Canteen Vending; Compass Group; Compass Group USA Inc.; Compass Group USA; Compass Group USA Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $19,995
- 8 CCR 3396, Heat illness prevention, indoor: 5 citations, 2 serious, $11,550
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $1,085
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $950
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $840
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $840
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $425
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Vallejo employment lawyer, Oakland 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 Compass Group USA, 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 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.