Gruma Corporation safety record at a glance
Gruma Corporation has been the subject of 31 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 12, 2001 and Apr 18, 2025. 15 of them were accident inspections. 23 of them produced citations, 59 in all: 19 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $387,085 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $214,960. The largest single penalty, $117,750, came from an inspection opened Apr 18, 2025 in Fresno. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #94 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Fresno, Hayward, Commerce, Rancho Cucamonga, Ceres, Los Angeles, Panorama City.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2025 | Fresno | Accident | 8 citations 6 serious 1 repeat | $117,750 | $117,750 | open |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Hayward | Planned | 7 citations 1 serious | $12,365 | $9,750 | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Commerce | Planned | 5 citations 3 serious | $10,590 | $5,970 | Nov 8, 2024 |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 10, 2023 |
| May 25, 2023 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $315 | $315 | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Rancho Cucamonga | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $19,000 | $19,000 | open |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Hayward | Accident | 2 citations | $850 | $700 | Jun 10, 2024 |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 30, 2021 |
| Apr 15, 2021 | Ceres | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 19, 2021 |
| Aug 4, 2020 | Commerce | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Jan 30, 2019 | Hayward | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | Oct 12, 2020 |
| Aug 31, 2017 | Commerce | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $36,000 | $7,500 | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Feb 16, 2017 | Los Angeles | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Dec 4, 2017 |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Panorama City | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 21, 2017 |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Fresno | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | 0 | Mar 6, 2018 |
| Jun 28, 2016 | Fresno | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Oct 29, 2014 | Hayward | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $25,310 | $8,550 | May 6, 2015 |
| Jul 14, 2014 | Panorama City | Complaint | 2 citations | $935 | 0 | Apr 13, 2017 |
| Mar 15, 2012 | Panorama City | Planned | 4 citations | $13,685 | $850 | Jun 13, 2013 |
| May 20, 2011 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 9, 2011 |
| Sep 9, 2010 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2010 |
| Aug 16, 2010 | Panorama City | Accident | 3 citations | $18,935 | $2,935 | Feb 9, 2012 |
| Sep 10, 2008 | Hayward | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Dec 26, 2008 |
| Mar 21, 2008 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $10,120 | $2,000 | Jul 4, 2009 |
| Oct 3, 2007 | Hayward | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $5,550 | $3,150 | Jul 18, 2008 |
| Mar 15, 2007 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 18, 2007 |
| Jan 3, 2007 | Hayward | Accident | 2 citations | $19,060 | $525 | Sep 16, 2008 |
| Jul 26, 2006 | Hayward | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $30,310 | $9,980 | Dec 16, 2008 |
| Jan 12, 2004 | Los Angeles | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $375 | Dec 28, 2006 |
| Dec 6, 2002 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations | $18,750 | $4,050 | Jun 17, 2005 |
| Sep 12, 2001 | Fresno | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | 0 | Jun 21, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Gruma Corporation dba Mission Foods; Gruma Corp dba Mission Foods Inc; Gruma Corp., dba Mission Foods; Gruma Corporation, dba Mission Foods; Gruma Corp. dba Mission Foods, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 13 citations, 4 serious, $54,860
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $9,095
- 8 CCR 4051: 4 citations, 2 serious, $34,350
- 8 CCR 3578: 3 citations, 2 serious, $11,200
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 3 citations, $635
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $26,550
- 8 CCR 4070: 2 citations, 1 serious, $25,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $8,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fresno employment lawyer, Hayward 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 Gruma Corporation
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.