North State Grocery, Inc. safety record at a glance
North State Grocery, Inc. has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 20, 2001 and Dec 30, 2025. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $19,110 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $16,880. The largest single penalty, $6,750, came from an inspection opened Jul 21, 2020 in Placerville. That places the employer at #8,850 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Redding, Auburn, Cottonwood, Paradise, Placerville, Orland, Magalia, Palo Cedro.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Redding | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | Auburn | Complaint | 1 citation | $420 | Feb 23, 2026 |
| Sep 7, 2023 | Cottonwood | Complaint | 2 citations | $970 | Oct 3, 2023 |
| May 18, 2022 | Paradise | Complaint | 1 citation | $365 | Jun 10, 2022 |
| Jul 21, 2020 | Placerville | Referral | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | Nov 30, 2021 |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Orland | Referral | 3 citations | $800 | Sep 11, 2019 |
| Apr 30, 2019 | Redding | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | Jul 18, 2019 |
| Jul 25, 2018 | Magalia | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 26, 2018 |
| Dec 23, 2015 | Palo Cedro | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Jul 7, 2011 | Colusa | Accident | 1 citation | $185 $465 proposed | Sep 7, 2012 |
| Dec 23, 2010 | Auburn | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,550 $7,500 proposed | Oct 16, 2012 |
| Oct 21, 2010 | Corning | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 14, 2011 |
| Jan 23, 2004 | Red Bluff | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 19, 2004 |
| Dec 1, 2003 | Redding | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 2, 2003 |
| Aug 20, 2001 | Redding | Complaint | 1 citation | $340 | Feb 28, 2003 |
Also recorded as: North State Grocery Inc. dba Holiday Quality Foods; North State Grocery Inc dba Holiday Quality Foods; North State Grocery; North State Grocery Inc. dba Sav Mor Foods; North State Grocery Inc.; North State Grocery Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,500
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $720
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $540
- 8 CCR 4543, Guarding of Meat Cutting Band Saw Blades: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3249, Cold Storage, Processing, and Manufacturing Rooms: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3235, Doors: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 3216, Aisles: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 1 citation, $365
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. 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 North State Grocery, Inc.
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 4, 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.