Nissin Foods (USA) CO Inc safety record at a glance
Nissin Foods (USA) CO Inc has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 17, 2000 and Oct 6, 2026. 10 of them were accident inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 53 in all: 18 serious, 4 repeat. Inspectors proposed $470,385 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $161,370. The largest single penalty, $55,695, came from an inspection opened Aug 10, 2000 in Gardena. That places the employer at #168 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Gardena.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Gardena | Unprogrammed related | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Feb 24, 2022 | Gardena | Planned | 5 citations 3 serious | $20,810 | $8,660 | Apr 27, 2023 |
| Jan 19, 2016 | Gardena | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,700 | $600 | Feb 13, 2017 |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Gardena | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | $15,600 | Jan 29, 2018 |
| Feb 20, 2013 | Gardena | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $2,105 | $900 | Jul 19, 2014 |
| Feb 2, 2011 | Gardena | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $18,000 | May 12, 2012 |
| May 12, 2006 | Gardena | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $4,050 | $3,150 | Dec 21, 2006 |
| Jul 21, 2004 | Gardena | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $25,200 | $8,100 | Aug 10, 2006 |
| Jun 14, 2004 | Gardena | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $7,200 | $3,600 | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Mar 15, 2002 | Gardena | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $93,000 | $6,000 | Nov 12, 2004 |
| Mar 11, 2002 | Gardena | Accident | 8 citations 1 serious 3 repeat | $119,000 | $21,920 | Nov 12, 2004 |
| Dec 6, 2000 | Gardena | Planned | 8 citations 3 serious | $27,500 | $10,325 | Oct 25, 2006 |
| Dec 6, 2000 | Gardena | Accident | 7 citations 2 serious | $11,250 | $4,745 | Oct 25, 2006 |
| Aug 10, 2000 | Gardena | Accident | 6 citations 2 serious 1 repeat | $73,695 | $55,695 | Oct 25, 2006 |
| May 17, 2000 | Gardena | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $39,375 | $4,075 | Jun 27, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Nissin Foods (USA) CO., Inc; Nissin Foods; Nissin Foods (U.S.A.) Company, Inc.; Nissin Foods (U.S.A.) CO. Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 12 citations, $44,620
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, 1 serious, $10,970
- 8 CCR 4075: 3 citations, 2 serious, $7,865
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 3942: 2 citations, 1 serious, $12,900
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,750
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $3,425
- 8 CCR 3270: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
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 Nissin Foods (USA) CO Inc
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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.