Earthgrains Baking Companies, Inc. dba Sara Lee CO safety record at a glance
Earthgrains Baking Companies, Inc. dba Sara Lee CO has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 29, 2000 and Dec 9, 2011. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $63,585 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $53,645. The largest single penalty, $26,810, came from an inspection opened Jul 27, 2011 in Vernon. That places the employer at #1,310 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in San Leandro, Vernon, Sacramento.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2011 | San Leandro | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | 0 | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Nov 15, 2011 | Vernon | Complaint | 5 citations 4 serious | $14,280 | $14,280 | May 23, 2012 |
| Jul 27, 2011 | Vernon | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $26,810 | $26,810 | Feb 7, 2012 |
| Apr 5, 2011 | Sacramento | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $22,120 | $12,555 | Mar 23, 2013 |
| Aug 24, 2004 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 15, 2004 |
| Jul 10, 2001 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2001 |
| Nov 29, 2000 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 2, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Earthgrains Baking Companies Inc. dba Sara Lee Bak; Earthgrains Baking Companies Inc. dba Sara Lee.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, 1 serious, $11,060
- 8 CCR 4051: 2 citations, 2 serious, $5,565
- 8 CCR 2710: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 2940.6: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3204: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 1 citation, $560
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Leandro employment lawyer, Sacramento 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 Earthgrains Baking Companies, Inc. dba Sara Lee CO
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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.