Food 4 Less safety record at a glance
Food 4 Less has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 18, 2000 and Jan 26, 2022. 11 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 24 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $34,035 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,560. The largest single penalty, $4,605, came from an inspection opened Oct 5, 2007 in Lynwood. That places the employer at #12,461 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 4 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 6 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Ontario, Sylmar, Atwater, Santa Ana, Winnetka, Merced, Selma, El Monte.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2022 | Ontario | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,650 | $1,650 | Mar 18, 2022 |
| Mar 9, 2021 | Sylmar | Accident | 1 citation | $200 | $200 | Aug 13, 2021 |
| Jul 24, 2020 | Atwater | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 20, 2020 |
| Jul 13, 2020 | Santa Ana | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 9, 2020 |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Santa Ana | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 1, 2020 |
| Jun 5, 2020 | Winnetka | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 29, 2021 |
| Jun 12, 2017 | Merced | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 19, 2017 |
| Apr 6, 2016 | Merced | Accident | 1 citation | $8,100 | $3,000 | Jul 13, 2016 |
| May 22, 2013 | Selma | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 2, 2013 |
| Dec 3, 2009 | El Monte | Accident | 2 citations | $465 | $465 | Jun 12, 2010 |
| Oct 5, 2007 | Lynwood | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $13,780 | $4,605 | Dec 15, 2008 |
| Jul 31, 2007 | Selma | Complaint | 5 citations | $800 | $800 | Dec 29, 2008 |
| Mar 15, 2002 | Clovis | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,215 | $1,215 | Sep 4, 2002 |
| Oct 10, 2001 | Fairfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 8, 2001 |
| Aug 3, 2001 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 20, 2001 |
| Feb 27, 2001 | Baldwin Park | Complaint | 3 citations | $7,500 | $300 | Nov 5, 2001 |
| Aug 15, 2000 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 22, 2000 |
| Aug 4, 2000 | Antioch | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 25, 2000 |
| Jan 18, 2000 | San Jose | Complaint | 3 citations | $325 | $325 | Oct 30, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Food-4-Less; Food 4 Less-382.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $1,950
- 8 CCR 4543: 2 citations, 2 serious, $4,455
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $710
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 2 citations, $250
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $160
- 8 CCR 3657: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 1 citation, $550
- 8 CCR 3661: 1 citation, $325
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Ontario 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 Food 4 Less
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.