Food 4 Less Holdings, Inc. safety record at a glance
Food 4 Less Holdings, Inc. has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 23, 2020 and Jan 31, 2025. 9 of them were complaint inspections. All of them produced citations, 23 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $89,470 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $44,185. The largest single penalty, $18,750, came from an inspection opened Jan 31, 2025 in Arleta. That places the employer at #1,862 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Arleta, Pico Rivera, Lynwood, Los Angeles, North Hollywood, Panorama City, El Monte, Commerce.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2025 | Arleta | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,750 | $18,750 | open |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Pico Rivera | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,425 | $1,425 | open |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Lynwood | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $40,200 | $14,600 | May 8, 2023 |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 4 citations | $4,310 | $1,125 | Feb 23, 2023 |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Jan 27, 2023 |
| Dec 17, 2020 | North Hollywood | Complaint | 1 citation | $610 | $610 | Dec 30, 2022 |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Panorama City | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,825 | $3,825 | Sep 30, 2022 |
| Oct 22, 2020 | El Monte | Complaint | 1 citation | $475 | $475 | Aug 23, 2022 |
| Oct 21, 2020 | Commerce | Complaint | 1 citation | $3,375 | $375 | Feb 10, 2023 |
| Jun 23, 2020 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $15,750 | $2,250 | Oct 24, 2023 |
Also recorded as: Food 4 Less Holdings Inc.; Food 4 Less Holdings Inc.; Food 4 Less Holdings, Inc; Food 4 Less Holdings Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $1,975
- 8 CCR 5185: 3 citations, 1 serious, $4,575
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 2 citations, $3,200
- 8 CCR 2510.5: 2 citations, $950
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4353: 1 citation, 1 serious, $10,800
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $750
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 Holdings, Inc.
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.