Karas Food Incorporated safety record at a glance
Karas Food Incorporated has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 27, 2015 and Nov 29, 2023. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $8,375 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $2,995. The largest single penalty, $1,350, came from an inspection opened Aug 19, 2020 in Hemet. That places the employer at #33,844 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Accommodation and Food Services. Worksites in Riverside, Hemet, Beaumont.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2023 | Riverside | Complaint | 1 citation | $485 | $485 | Mar 19, 2024 |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Riverside | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 15, 2023 |
| Aug 19, 2020 | Hemet | Complaint | 4 citations | $2,400 | $1,350 | Oct 5, 2021 |
| Mar 22, 2017 | Beaumont | Complaint | 6 citations | $2,250 | $660 | Jun 24, 2017 |
| Jan 27, 2015 | Riverside | Referral | 4 citations | $3,240 | $500 | Feb 11, 2021 |
Also recorded as: Karas Food, Inc; Karas Food, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 3 citations, $685
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $610
- 8 CCR 3385, Foot protection: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 2 citations, $235
- 8 CCR 2500.25: 1 citation, $125
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 1 citation, $110
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $110
Local pages: Riverside 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 Karas Food Incorporated
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.