Nestle USA safety record at a glance
Nestle USA has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 6, 2002 and Aug 15, 2023. 6 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $94,715 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $99,105. The largest single penalty, $32,000, came from an inspection opened May 28, 2019 in Moss Landing. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #451 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 21 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Manufacturing; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Mira Loma, Modesto, Moss Landing, Chatsworth.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2023 | Mira Loma | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 18, 2023 |
| Dec 29, 2020 | Modesto | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,735 | $4,725 | Aug 5, 2024 |
| Oct 26, 2020 | Modesto | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 1, 2021 |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Modesto | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 28, 2019 | Moss Landing | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $8,250 | $32,000 | Sep 28, 2020 |
| Dec 12, 2012 | Mira Loma | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $15,125 | $5,850 | Aug 14, 2013 |
| Jan 7, 2009 | Chatsworth | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 7, 2009 |
| Apr 11, 2008 | Chatsworth | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2008 |
| Jun 1, 2007 | Chatsworth | Referral | 3 citations | $3,745 | $745 | Jan 10, 2008 |
| Nov 29, 2006 | Chatsworth | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 15, 2007 |
| Oct 3, 2005 | Chatsworth | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,635 | $18,635 | Dec 31, 2007 |
| Feb 25, 2005 | Chatsworth | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,475 | $18,475 | Jul 1, 2006 |
| Feb 28, 2003 | Chatsworth | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $24,750 | $18,675 | Sep 27, 2004 |
| Aug 6, 2002 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 1, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Nestle USA, Inc.; Nestle USA, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 2 serious, $44,110
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $25,000
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, $370
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3944: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,725
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, 1 serious, $675
- 8 CCR 5189: 1 citation, $375
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 Nestle USA
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.