Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. safety record at a glance
Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 29, 2009 and Jan 6, 2025. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 6 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $87,900 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $70,915. The largest single penalty, $28,580, came from an inspection opened Apr 12, 2018 in Santa Rosa. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #819 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Accommodation and Food Services; Retail Trade. Worksites in Sacramento, Redwood City, Woodland, Merced, Santa Rosa, Fresno, Corona, San Jose.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2025 | Sacramento | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,000 | $8,000 | Jul 14, 2025 |
| Jun 10, 2024 | Redwood City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 6, 2024 |
| Aug 21, 2023 | Woodland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2023 |
| Aug 15, 2023 | Redwood City | Complaint | 1 citation | $750 | $560 | Aug 12, 2024 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Merced | Complaint | 1 citation | $210 | $210 | Dec 26, 2023 |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Jul 19, 2021 |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Fresno | Accident | 1 citation 1 repeat | $10,000 | $8,500 | Oct 26, 2022 |
| Oct 8, 2018 | Corona | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,905 | $1,905 | Nov 28, 2018 |
| Apr 12, 2018 | Santa Rosa | Planned | 8 citations 3 serious | $28,580 | $28,580 | Jun 7, 2021 |
| Oct 9, 2017 | San Jose | Complaint | 2 citations | $2,000 | $400 | Apr 15, 2019 |
| Sep 28, 2017 | Irvine | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| Oct 13, 2016 | North Hollywood | Fatality or catastrophe | death 3 citations 2 serious | $33,935 | $21,335 | Oct 25, 2021 |
| Apr 29, 2009 | Roseville | Accident | 2 citations | $1,545 | $450 | Apr 23, 2013 |
Also recorded as: Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. dba Hibachi-San; Panda Restaurant Group Inc; Panda Restaurant Group; Panda Restaurant Group dba Panda Express; Panda Restaurant Group, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 7 citations, 1 serious, $10,135
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 3 citations, $1,100
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 2 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 5142: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $8,500
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
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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 Panda Restaurant Group, 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 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.