Newstar Fresh Foods LLC safety record at a glance
Newstar Fresh Foods LLC has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 14, 2003 and Apr 16, 2015. 6 of them were accident inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 29 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $80,525 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $29,225. The largest single penalty, $11,365, came from an inspection opened May 18, 2012 in Salinas. That places the employer at #3,689 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Salinas.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2015 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 5, 2015 |
| Sep 15, 2014 | Salinas | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,275 $2,550 proposed | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Salinas | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $0 | Jun 19, 2014 |
| Feb 13, 2014 | Salinas | Accident | 3 citations | $2,550 | Apr 26, 2014 |
| Jan 22, 2014 | Salinas | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $9,350 $21,400 proposed | Sep 13, 2014 |
| May 18, 2012 | Salinas | Complaint | 9 citations 2 serious | $11,365 $34,115 proposed | Mar 7, 2016 |
| May 18, 2012 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 27, 2012 |
| Apr 26, 2012 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation | $150 | Aug 11, 2012 |
| Nov 17, 2009 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | May 4, 2010 |
| May 28, 2008 | Salinas | Planned | 6 citations | $785 $1,385 proposed | Jul 1, 2010 |
| Apr 10, 2008 | Salinas | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 18, 2008 |
| Nov 19, 2007 | Salinas | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 $18,000 proposed | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Jul 14, 2003 | Salinas | Planned | no citations | $0 | Sep 19, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Newstar Fresh Foods, LLC; Newstar Fresh Foods.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 6 citations, 1 serious, $10,775
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $5,450
- 8 CCR 5141, Control of Harmful Exposure to Employees: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 1 citation, $2,000
- 8 CCR 3382, Eye and Face Protection: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 5164, Storage of Hazardous Substances: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, $560
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Salinas 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 Newstar Fresh Foods LLC
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.