House Foods America Corporation safety record at a glance
House Foods America Corporation has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 7, 2003 and Oct 2, 2023. 3 of them were planned inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 28 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $50,340 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $29,025. The largest single penalty, $15,330, came from an inspection opened Jul 18, 2017 in Garden Grove. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #3,724 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Garden Grove.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2023 | Garden Grove | Accident | 1 citation | $6,750 | $750 | Mar 6, 2024 |
| Aug 16, 2018 | Garden Grove | Complaint | 2 citations | $420 | $420 | Nov 6, 2018 |
| Jul 18, 2017 | Garden Grove | Planned | 10 citations 4 serious | $19,155 | $15,330 | Jun 5, 2018 |
| Oct 4, 2007 | Garden Grove | Accident | death 2 citations | $600 | $600 | May 19, 2009 |
| Mar 18, 2004 | Garden Grove | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 21, 2004 |
| Mar 17, 2003 | Garden Grove | Planned | 2 citations | $465 | $375 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Jan 7, 2003 | Garden Grove | Planned | 11 citations 4 serious | $22,950 | $11,550 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: House Foods America Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3578: 2 citations, 2 serious, $2,970
- 8 CCR 5097: 2 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $635
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $635
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $435
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Garden Grove 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 House Foods America 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.