In-N-Out Burgers safety record at a glance
In-N-Out Burgers has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 2, 2002 and Jun 18, 2025. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $51,360 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $49,010. The largest single penalty, $25,500, came from an inspection opened Apr 18, 2025 in Santa Rosa. That places the employer at #1,544 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: Accommodation and Food Services; Construction; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Mante, Huntington Beach, Santa Rosa, Modesto, Mission Viejo, San Ramon, Chino, Redding.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2025 | Mante | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 11, 2025 |
| May 8, 2025 | Huntington Beach | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Oct 28, 2025 |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Santa Rosa | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $25,500 | $25,500 | open |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Modesto | Referral | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | open |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Mission Viejo | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 8, 2022 |
| Feb 2, 2022 | San Ramon | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Jul 18, 2022 |
| Oct 11, 2021 | Chino | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Aug 22, 2020 | Redding | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 3, 2020 |
| Aug 22, 2020 | Redding | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 3, 2020 |
| Aug 14, 2014 | Baldwin Park | Complaint | 2 citations | $650 | $300 | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Oct 8, 2009 | Lathrop | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2009 |
| Jun 30, 2006 | Baldwin Park | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 13, 2006 |
| Dec 2, 2002 | Mill Valley | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,525 | $18,525 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: In-N-Out Burgers Inc; IN N Out Burgers; In-N-Out Burgers Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $20,135
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3648: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 1675: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3249: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Huntington Beach employment lawyer, Santa Rosa 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 In-N-Out Burgers
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.