Cotti Foods Corporation safety record at a glance
Cotti Foods Corporation has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 25, 2010 and Jul 30, 2024. 11 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $36,280 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $21,495. The largest single penalty, $15,350, came from an inspection opened Jun 17, 2021 in Exeter. That places the employer at #6,025 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Accommodation and Food Services. Worksites in Fresno, Visalia, Exeter, Anaheim, Lindsay, Lemoore, Northridge, Buena Park.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2024 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Dec 30, 2022 | Visalia | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2023 |
| Jun 17, 2021 | Exeter | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | $15,350 | Aug 21, 2023 |
| Jul 24, 2020 | Anaheim | Referral | 1 citation | $475 | $475 | Oct 7, 2020 |
| Aug 15, 2019 | Visalia | Complaint | 1 citation | $400 | $400 | Aug 24, 2020 |
| May 31, 2019 | Visalia | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 11, 2019 |
| May 21, 2018 | Lindsay | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $9,835 | $3,000 | Oct 9, 2019 |
| May 9, 2018 | Lemoore | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,200 | $1,200 | Sep 12, 2018 |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Northridge | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 27, 2017 |
| Jul 7, 2015 | Buena Park | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Jun 1, 2016 |
| Aug 11, 2014 | Garden Grove | Complaint | 2 citations | $750 | $450 | May 9, 2016 |
| Apr 30, 2014 | San Luis Obispo | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Sep 5, 2014 |
| Jun 8, 2012 | Garden Grove | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 25, 2012 |
| Mar 25, 2010 | Porterville | Complaint | 1 citation | $135 | $135 | Aug 6, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Cotti Foods Corporation dba Taco Bell; Cotti Foods; Cotti Foods, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $13,410
- 8 CCR 5142: 3 citations, $1,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $2,750
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 5A0001: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 5143: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fresno employment lawyer, Visalia 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 Cotti Foods 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.