KV Mart CO dba Top Valu Market & Valu Plus Food WH safety record at a glance
KV Mart CO dba Top Valu Market & Valu Plus Food WH has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 9, 2002 and Oct 12, 2009. 2 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 11 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $26,060 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,140. The largest single penalty, $3,400, came from an inspection opened Oct 12, 2009 in Whittier. That places the employer at #24,623 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Whittier, Baldwin Park, Wilmington, Azusa.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2009 | Whittier | Accident | 5 citations | $3,400 $14,000 proposed | Oct 16, 2010 |
| Nov 17, 2003 | Baldwin Park | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $750 $8,250 proposed | Apr 1, 2005 |
| Nov 4, 2002 | Wilmington | Accident | 2 citations | $690 $3,250 proposed | Sep 4, 2006 |
| May 9, 2002 | Azusa | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $300 $560 proposed | Jul 23, 2008 |
Also recorded as: KV Mart dba Value Plus; KV Mart dba Top Value Market; KV Mart CO. dba Value Plus Food Warehouse.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2340.22, Identification of Equipment: 2 citations, $150
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $2,500
- 8 CCR 2340.17, Guarding of Energized Parts: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 4543, Guarding of Meat Cutting Band Saw Blades: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 2340.23, Openings (repealed): 1 citation, $365
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3249, Cold Storage, Processing, and Manufacturing Rooms: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Whittier 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 KV Mart CO dba Top Valu Market & Valu Plus Food WH
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 4, 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.