Family Dollar safety record at a glance
Family Dollar has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 27, 2014 and May 13, 2026. 12 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 4 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $37,400 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $31,665. The largest single penalty, $20,250, came from an inspection opened Nov 15, 2019 in Modesto. That places the employer at #3,224 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: Retail Trade. Worksites in Rosamond, Bakersfield, Boron, Fairfield, Mojave, Modesto, Merced, Moreno Valley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | Rosamond | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 1 citation | $465 | $465 | Apr 21, 2022 |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Boron | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 30, 2021 |
| Aug 27, 2020 | Fairfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 2, 2020 |
| Mar 10, 2020 | Mojave | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,695 | $1,695 | Jun 4, 2020 |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Modesto | Complaint | 3 citations 3 serious | $20,250 | $20,250 | May 19, 2020 |
| Aug 8, 2019 | Merced | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Feb 26, 2020 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Moreno Valley | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,435 | $2,700 | Nov 8, 2018 |
| Jun 12, 2018 | 29 Palms | Complaint | 2 citations | $2,250 | $2,250 | Oct 3, 2019 |
| Apr 20, 2017 | Sacramento | Follow-up | 1 citation 1 repeat | $1,500 | $1,500 | Dec 26, 2017 |
| Dec 20, 2016 | Sacramento | Complaint | 6 citations | $2,010 | $2,010 | Jul 10, 2017 |
| Feb 24, 2016 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 17, 2016 |
| Feb 27, 2014 | California City | Complaint | 2 citations | $420 | $420 | Sep 30, 2014 |
Also recorded as: Family Dollar Inc; Family Dollar, Inc.; Family Dollar, Inc; Family Dollar, Inc.; Family Dollar Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $8,420
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 3 citations, 2 serious, $13,835
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 3 citations, $2,045
- 8 CCR 3272: 3 citations, $1,135
- 8 CCR 4353: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $1,125
- 8 CCR 4650: 1 citation, $465
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 1 citation, $425
Local pages: Bakersfield 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 Family Dollar
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.