MI Pueblo Food Center safety record at a glance
MI Pueblo Food Center has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 18, 2003 and Mar 30, 2016. 8 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $52,805 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,730. The largest single penalty, $7,675, came from an inspection opened Sep 17, 2009 in Watsonville. That places the employer at #6,815 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Tracy, Modesto, Watsonville, Oakland, Salinas.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2016 | Tracy | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 30, 2016 |
| Sep 12, 2014 | Modesto | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $300 | Apr 23, 2015 |
| Mar 7, 2012 | Watsonville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 30, 2012 |
| Sep 17, 2009 | Watsonville | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $31,000 | $7,675 | Aug 6, 2011 |
| Jan 27, 2009 | Watsonville | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,375 | $3,100 | Sep 21, 2009 |
| Dec 4, 2008 | Modesto | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Apr 7, 2008 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,500 | $4,500 | Jan 12, 2009 |
| Apr 17, 2007 | Salinas | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $4,875 | $2,850 | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Mar 13, 2006 | Salinas | Accident | 2 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Jul 27, 2007 |
| Jun 18, 2003 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2003 |
Also recorded as: MI Pueblo Food Center, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $4,820
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,500
- 8 CCR 4543: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,710
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 2340.12: 1 citation, $525
- 8 CCR 2395.59: 1 citation, $175
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto 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 MI Pueblo Food Center
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.