Guittard Chocolate CO. safety record at a glance
Guittard Chocolate CO. has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 30, 2000 and Aug 19, 2019. 6 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 42 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $90,060 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $44,080. The largest single penalty, $18,600, came from an inspection opened Jul 19, 2006 in Burlingame. That places the employer at #1,876 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Burlingame.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2019 | Burlingame | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $8,245 | $8,245 | Oct 30, 2020 |
| Aug 3, 2017 | Burlingame | Planned | 9 citations 2 serious | $15,360 | $3,945 | Dec 18, 2017 |
| Jan 23, 2015 | Burlingame | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 26, 2015 |
| May 8, 2009 | Burlingame | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $7,650 | $1,800 | Apr 21, 2011 |
| Feb 5, 2009 | Burlingame | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 2, 2009 |
| Dec 23, 2008 | Burlingame | Planned | 21 citations 2 serious | $21,845 | $8,640 | Jul 23, 2009 |
| Jul 12, 2007 | Burlingame | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,210 | $2,700 | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Jul 19, 2006 | Burlingame | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,600 | $18,600 | Feb 5, 2007 |
| Sep 8, 2005 | Burlingame | Complaint | 3 citations | $150 | $150 | Jul 21, 2006 |
| Jul 30, 2002 | Burlingame | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 15, 2003 |
| Oct 30, 2000 | Burlingame | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Guittard Chocolate Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 7 citations, 4 serious, $23,370
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 3 citations, 2 serious, $10,385
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $590
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,250
- 8 CCR 4051: 2 citations, $975
- 8 CCR 3577: 2 citations, $160
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 2500.10: 2 citations
Accidents investigated
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 Guittard Chocolate CO.
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.