Morningstar Foods, LLC safety record at a glance
Morningstar Foods, LLC has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 11, 2001 and Aug 8, 2011. 6 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 14 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $24,220 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,995. The largest single penalty, $1,125, came from an inspection opened Aug 8, 2011 in Gustine. That places the employer at #21,578 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Gustine, Industry.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2011 | Gustine | Accident | 2 citations | $1,125 | $1,125 | Feb 6, 2012 |
| May 27, 2010 | Gustine | Follow-up | 3 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Mar 1, 2012 |
| Apr 14, 2010 | Gustine | Accident | 1 citation | $5,735 | $560 | Jun 24, 2011 |
| Feb 15, 2008 | Gustine | Accident | 1 citation | $1,060 | $1,060 | Dec 8, 2009 |
| Aug 15, 2006 | Gustine | Accident | 2 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Apr 16, 2007 |
| Mar 11, 2004 | Gustine | Planned | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Aug 22, 2008 |
| Jul 15, 2002 | Industry | Accident | 2 citations | $6,750 | $450 | Jan 29, 2003 |
| Apr 11, 2001 | Industry | Accident | 1 citation | $6,750 | 0 | Jul 23, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Morningstar Foods, Inc.; Morningstar Foods; Morningstar Foods LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $840
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $1,060
- 8 CCR 3329, Machinery, operating procedures: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 5143: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3321: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
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 Morningstar Foods, LLC
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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.