Kraft Foods safety record at a glance
Kraft Foods has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 12, 2000 and Oct 17, 2012. 10 of them were accident inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 32 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $154,280 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $71,190. The largest single penalty, $18,600, came from an inspection opened Mar 20, 2006 in Fullerton. That places the employer at #817 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: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Fullerton, Visalia, Tulare, Fresno, Modesto, Ceres.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2012 | Fullerton | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | Jul 26, 2013 |
| Feb 28, 2008 | Fullerton | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Nov 16, 2007 | Visalia | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Nov 20, 2007 |
| Jun 7, 2007 | Tulare | Planned | 5 citations | $900 | $750 | Jun 1, 2008 |
| Oct 18, 2006 | Fullerton | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $450 | Aug 24, 2009 |
| Oct 6, 2006 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 15, 2006 |
| Mar 20, 2006 | Fullerton | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $36,750 | $18,600 | May 20, 2011 |
| Aug 24, 2005 | Visalia | Referral | 5 citations | $7,305 | $835 | Apr 21, 2006 |
| Jun 7, 2005 | Fullerton | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $21,375 | $18,270 | Feb 20, 2016 |
| Jun 7, 2005 | Fullerton | Unprogrammed related | 12 citations 2 serious | $28,250 | $7,725 | Dec 12, 2007 |
| Dec 3, 2004 | Fullerton | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 9, 2008 |
| Oct 4, 2004 | Modesto | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 26, 2004 |
| Sep 15, 2004 | Fresno | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $560 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Sep 4, 2003 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 23, 2004 |
| Aug 20, 2002 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 26, 2002 |
| Jul 31, 2002 | Visalia | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 14, 2002 |
| Mar 8, 2001 | Visalia | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2001 |
| Aug 24, 2000 | Ceres | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,600 | $6,000 | Nov 19, 2003 |
| Jul 12, 2000 | Tulare | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 12, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Kraft Foods Inc dba Knudsen Creamery; Kraft Foods Inc; Kraft Foods, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 2 serious, $37,010
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 3 citations, 2 serious, $23,400
- 8 CCR 5189: 3 citations, $465
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 2 citations, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 4075: 2 citations, 2 serious, $720
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $225
- 8 CCR 4310: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fullerton employment lawyer, Visalia 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 Kraft Foods
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.