Daylight Foods, Inc. safety record at a glance
Daylight Foods, Inc. has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 21, 2010 and Apr 11, 2023. 3 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 13 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $62,350 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,765. The largest single penalty, $21,000, came from an inspection opened Apr 11, 2023 in Union City. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #3,397 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade. Worksites in Union City, Milpitas.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2023 | Union City | Accident | 4 citations 3 serious | $21,000 | Aug 28, 2023 |
| Aug 24, 2021 | Union City | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $750 | Feb 7, 2022 |
| Aug 26, 2010 | Milpitas | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $3,165 $14,700 proposed | May 12, 2012 |
| Jun 21, 2010 | Milpitas | Accident | death 3 citations 1 serious | $5,850 $25,900 proposed | Jan 21, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Daylight Foods, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $240
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3280, Portable Reinforced Plastic Ladders (repealed): 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,850
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 1 citation, $750
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Daylight Foods, Inc.
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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.