Paq, Inc. safety record at a glance
Paq, Inc. has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 5, 2008 and Oct 5, 2026. 11 of them were accident inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 35 in all: 13 serious. Inspectors proposed $137,255 in penalties, and that total stands. The largest single penalty, $28,810, came from an inspection opened Jun 5, 2008 in Stockton. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #238 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Greenfield, Sacramento, Rio Linda, Lathrop, Salinas, Atascadero, Stockton, Madera.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | Greenfield | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Sacramento | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Rio Linda | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 14, 2026 |
| May 1, 2025 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jun 3, 2025 |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lathrop | Complaint | 1 citation | $800 | Aug 10, 2022 |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Salinas | Fatality or catastrophe | death 4 citations 3 serious | $23,800 | Jul 5, 2021 |
| Jan 30, 2019 | Lathrop | Planned | 6 citations 1 serious | $6,460 | Apr 22, 2019 |
| Feb 14, 2018 | Atascadero | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 7, 2018 |
| Feb 12, 2018 | Stockton | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Mar 6, 2018 |
| Dec 19, 2017 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $725 | Mar 22, 2018 |
| Jul 11, 2017 | Madera | Complaint | 2 citations | $900 | Jan 9, 2018 |
| Jan 5, 2017 | Lathrop | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $16,950 | Jul 3, 2017 |
| Dec 1, 2016 | Stockton | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $13,200 | May 4, 2017 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | Salinas | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $9,600 | Aug 29, 2016 |
| Apr 24, 2015 | Madera | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | Jun 18, 2015 |
| Feb 23, 2015 | Mante | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 21, 2015 |
| Apr 15, 2014 | Paso Robles | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $16,525 | Sep 30, 2014 |
| Jan 31, 2014 | Merced | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,300 | May 19, 2014 |
| Nov 9, 2009 | Stockton | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Jan 23, 2010 |
| Oct 31, 2008 | Ceres | Accident | no citations | $0 | Nov 21, 2008 |
| Jun 5, 2008 | Stockton | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $28,810 | Oct 15, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Paq Inc. dba Food 4 Less; Paq, Inc. dba Food 4 Less Store; Paq, Inc. Dba: Rancho San Miguel; Paq, Inc. dba Food 4 Less; Paq Inc.; Paq Inc. dba Food for Less; Paq Inc; Paq Inc dba Food4less Rancho San Miguel Markets.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4543, Guarding of Meat Cutting Band Saw Blades: 5 citations, 5 serious, $48,600
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 2 serious, $14,035
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 4 citations, 3 serious, $23,800
- 8 CCR 5185, Changing and Charging Storage Batteries: 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,860
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $1,350
- 5A0001: 2 citations, $860
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, $650
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $465
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento 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 Paq, 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.