Fresh Express Inc. safety record at a glance
Fresh Express Inc. has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 8, 2002 and Aug 2, 2023. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 37 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $138,900 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $44,975. The largest single penalty, $23,550, came from an inspection opened Jan 13, 2020 in Salinas. That places the employer at #1,809 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Wholesale Trade; Manufacturing. Worksites in Salinas, Brawley, Huron.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2023 | Salinas | Complaint | 4 citations 2 serious | $7,870 | $3,450 | Aug 29, 2024 |
| Jan 13, 2020 | Salinas | Complaint | 5 citations 4 serious | $46,000 | $23,550 | Aug 10, 2020 |
| Dec 27, 2018 | Salinas | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Jun 14, 2017 | Salinas | Complaint | 6 citations 3 serious | $19,050 | $10,055 | Mar 19, 2018 |
| Sep 28, 2016 | Salinas | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,500 | $1,000 | May 8, 2017 |
| Mar 4, 2016 | Salinas | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2016 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | Salinas | Referral | 10 citations | $7,065 | $4,205 | Sep 6, 2017 |
| Apr 6, 2015 | Salinas | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 9, 2015 |
| Aug 25, 2011 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation | $1,200 | $1,200 | Nov 19, 2011 |
| Jun 14, 2010 | Salinas | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2010 |
| May 9, 2008 | Salinas | Planned | 4 citations | $1,400 | $840 | Mar 1, 2009 |
| Apr 2, 2008 | Brawley | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 24, 2008 |
| Oct 12, 2006 | Salinas | Complaint | 3 citations | $54,815 | $675 | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Oct 13, 2005 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 8, 2006 |
| Jun 7, 2005 | Huron | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 7, 2005 |
| Apr 7, 2005 | Salinas | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 13, 2005 |
| Aug 17, 2004 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 3, 2004 |
| Jul 14, 2003 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 23, 2004 |
| Aug 8, 2002 | Salinas | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 6, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Fresh Express Incorporated; Fresh Express; Fresh Express, Inc; Fresh Express, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 5 citations, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, 2 serious, $8,520
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $6,005
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,020
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $815
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,005
- 8 CCR 4650: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 5141: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Salinas 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 Fresh Express 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.