Petco safety record at a glance
Petco has been the subject of 30 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 11, 2000 and Jul 29, 2026. 27 of them were complaint inspections. 16 of them produced citations, 47 in all: 4 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $49,970 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,825. The largest single penalty, $13,500, came from an inspection opened Sep 26, 2000 in Lakewo0d. That places the employer at #3,386 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration); Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Folsom, La Quinta, Fresno, Clovis, Stockton, Fremont, San Jose, Vallejo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | Folsom | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 1, 2024 | La Quinta | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 10, 2024 |
| Aug 4, 2016 | Fresno | Complaint | 4 citations | $2,415 | $2,415 | Mar 17, 2017 |
| Apr 4, 2016 | Clovis | Complaint | 2 citations | $335 | $335 | Oct 12, 2016 |
| Apr 4, 2016 | Clovis | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $420 | $185 | May 12, 2016 |
| Dec 5, 2014 | Fremont | Complaint | 3 citations | $935 | $935 | Mar 16, 2016 |
| Jun 5, 2014 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Oct 19, 2012 | Vallejo | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 7, 2013 |
| Sep 14, 2012 | Alameda | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2012 |
| Oct 25, 2010 | Folsom | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 28, 2011 |
| May 26, 2009 | Atwater | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2009 |
| Aug 18, 2008 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2010 |
| Jun 18, 2008 | Northridge | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jun 27, 2008 |
| Jan 23, 2008 | Alameda | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,400 | $1,400 | Jan 9, 2009 |
| Jul 18, 2006 | Mira Loma | Accident | 2 citations | $5,185 | $1,435 | Mar 17, 2016 |
| May 1, 2006 | Long Beach | Complaint | 4 citations | $5,245 | $1,165 | Dec 31, 2006 |
| Sep 27, 2005 | Lakewood | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 12, 2005 |
| Mar 9, 2005 | Canoga Park | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,210 | $1,210 | Oct 21, 2006 |
| Apr 26, 2004 | Lakewood | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $5,200 | $5,150 | Aug 30, 2006 |
| Mar 3, 2004 | San Pedro | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Nov 14, 2003 | Fremont | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Aug 11, 2003 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 23, 2004 |
| Jan 7, 2003 | San Pedro | Follow-up | 2 citations 1 repeat | $1,750 | $1,750 | Jul 8, 2009 |
| Sep 12, 2002 | Novato | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Aug 31, 2001 | Anaheim | Complaint | 1 citation | $75 | $75 | Apr 15, 2002 |
| Aug 15, 2001 | Santa Clara | Complaint | 3 citations | $150 | $150 | Mar 13, 2002 |
| Mar 29, 2001 | San Pedro | Complaint | 6 citations | $12,000 | $970 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Sep 26, 2000 | Lakewo0d | Complaint | 3 citations 3 serious | $13,500 | $13,500 | Nov 16, 2001 |
| Aug 11, 2000 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 7, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Petco (Grooming Dept); Petco Inc; Petco, Inc.; Petco, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $1,635
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 6 citations, $1,470
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 5 citations, $1,760
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 5 citations, $1,090
- 8 CCR 3364, Sanitary facilities: 3 citations, $515
- 8 CCR 3227: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,920
- 8 CCR 3225: 2 citations, $1,030
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $925
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fresno 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. 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 Petco
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.