Jo-Ann Stores, LLC safety record at a glance
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 21, 2019 and Jan 28, 2025. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 0 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $12,212 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,212. The largest single penalty, $3,750, came from an inspection opened Nov 27, 2024 in Chico. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #12,762 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Modesto, Chico, Mante, Corte Madera, Sacramento, Riverside.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2025 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 28, 2025 |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Chico | Complaint | 1 citation 1 repeat | $3,750 | $3,750 | open |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Mante | Complaint | 2 citations | $797 | $797 | open |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Chico | Complaint | 4 citations | $2,060 | $2,060 | Mar 13, 2023 |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Corte Madera | Planned | 4 citations | $1,915 | $1,915 | Sep 21, 2022 |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Sacramento | Planned | 7 citations | $2,195 | $2,195 | Aug 12, 2022 |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Mante | Planned | 5 citations | $1,495 | $1,495 | Nov 12, 2024 |
| Aug 21, 2019 | Riverside | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 27, 2020 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 4 citations, $1,360
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,125
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $745
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 2 citations, $4,545
- 8 CCR 2340.12: 2 citations, $895
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, $700
- 5A0001: 1 citation, $422
- 8 CCR 3220, Emergency action plan: 1 citation, $420
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto employment lawyer, Chico 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
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.