H.J. Heinz Company safety record at a glance
H.J. Heinz Company has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 19, 2010 and Jul 2, 2015. 3 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 9 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $54,905 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $22,980. The largest single penalty, $18,675, came from an inspection opened Jan 19, 2010 in Chatsworth. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #5,418 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. Worksites in Escalon, Irvine, Chatsworth.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2015 | Escalon | Accident | 2 citations | $1,870 | $1,870 | May 20, 2016 |
| Feb 12, 2015 | Irvine | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $6,935 | $935 | Feb 9, 2021 |
| Oct 20, 2014 | Escalon | Accident | 1 citation | $2,925 | $1,500 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Aug 15, 2011 | Escalon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 26, 2011 |
| Jan 19, 2010 | Chatsworth | Accident | death 4 citations 2 serious | $43,175 | $18,675 | Sep 23, 2013 |
Also recorded as: H.J. Heinz Company, L.P.; H.J.Heinz LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $1,610
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 4353: 1 citation, 1 serious, $750
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
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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.
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If you work, or worked, at H.J. Heinz 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.