Grocery Outlet safety record at a glance
Grocery Outlet has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 7, 2003 and Jun 30, 2021. 12 of them were complaint inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 31 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $91,850 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $91,055. The largest single penalty, $84,530, came from an inspection opened Jul 12, 2013 in Redwood City. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #532 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; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Los Angeles, Oroville, Placerville, Richmond, Hanford, South Lake Tahoe, Redwood City, Pinole.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2021 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $1,770 | $975 | Jun 9, 2022 |
| Feb 22, 2017 | Oroville | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 13, 2017 |
| Mar 2, 2016 | Placerville | Complaint | 2 citations | $405 | $405 | Mar 10, 2017 |
| Dec 17, 2015 | Richmond | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Hanford | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,225 | $1,225 | Mar 28, 2016 |
| Sep 29, 2015 | South Lake Tahoe | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Oroville | Complaint | 1 citation | $410 | $410 | Jun 30, 2015 |
| Jul 12, 2013 | Redwood City | Accident | death 10 citations 5 serious | $84,530 | $84,530 | Aug 9, 2014 |
| May 16, 2013 | Pinole | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 12, 2013 |
| Aug 29, 2012 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 4, 2013 |
| Jan 31, 2012 | Tracy | Complaint | 4 citations | $660 | $660 | Apr 24, 2012 |
| Mar 4, 2010 | Woodland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 8, 2010 |
| Jan 24, 2007 | Hanford | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Feb 15, 2006 | Pleasant Hill | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $1,500 | $1,500 | Nov 28, 2006 |
| Aug 17, 2005 | Redwood City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 29, 2005 |
| Aug 3, 2005 | Vallejo | Complaint | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Mar 8, 2006 |
| Nov 7, 2003 | Pleasant Hill | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,125 | $1,125 | Oct 5, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Grocery Outlet, Inc.; Grocery Outlet 161; The Grocery Outlet.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $1,025
- 8 CCR 4353: 3 citations, 3 serious, $31,725
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $585
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $21,650
- 8 CCR 4355: 2 citations, 1 serious, $10,200
- 5A0001: 2 citations, $495
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $20,250
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $900
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Los Angeles 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 Grocery Outlet
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.