Ghirardelli Chocolate Company safety record at a glance
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 10, 2002 and Oct 12, 2026. 12 of them were accident inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 47 in all: 14 serious, 3 repeat. Inspectors proposed $296,160 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $186,385. The largest single penalty, $75,180, came from an inspection opened Apr 18, 2025 in San Leandro. That places the employer at #128 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Retail Trade. Worksites in San Leandro, San Francisco.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | San Leandro | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Apr 18, 2025 | San Leandro | Accident | 6 citations 2 serious 3 repeat | $75,180 | $75,180 | open |
| Sep 7, 2023 | San Leandro | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $11,810 | $6,750 | Mar 11, 2024 |
| May 24, 2023 | San Leandro | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $11,200 | $7,145 | Feb 26, 2024 |
| Oct 9, 2018 | San Leandro | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 9, 2019 |
| Oct 20, 2017 | San Francisco | Complaint | 4 citations | $2,700 | $2,700 | Mar 12, 2018 |
| Sep 25, 2017 | San Leandro | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $60,000 | $23,775 | Mar 9, 2020 |
| Jun 22, 2017 | San Leandro | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,500 | $5,250 | May 18, 2018 |
| May 11, 2017 | San Leandro | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $46,060 | $18,850 | Mar 9, 2020 |
| Feb 8, 2016 | San Leandro | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $3,150 | Jan 30, 2018 |
| Aug 28, 2013 | San Leandro | Complaint | 8 citations 2 serious | $39,870 | $26,295 | Oct 26, 2015 |
| Nov 1, 2011 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $485 | $485 | Jun 13, 2012 |
| Jul 27, 2010 | San Leandro | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 5, 2010 |
| Jun 25, 2009 | San Leandro | Accident | 2 citations | $2,250 | $1,200 | Oct 23, 2009 |
| Oct 26, 2005 | San Leandro | Complaint | 4 citations 2 serious | $7,955 | $7,955 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Jul 8, 2004 | San Leandro | Complaint | 6 citations 1 serious | $4,500 | $4,500 | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Dec 9, 2002 | San Leandro | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2002 |
| Apr 10, 2002 | San Leandro | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,150 | $3,150 | Nov 6, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Ghirardelli Chocolate; Ghirardelli Chocolate CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 16 citations, 6 serious, $134,625
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 7 citations, 2 serious, $13,885
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 3 citations, 3 serious, $15,525
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $4,050
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $910
- 8 CCR 5202: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,385
- 8 CCR 4650: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Leandro employment lawyer, San Francisco 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 Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
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.