Ralph's Grocery CO. safety record at a glance
Ralph's Grocery CO. has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 14, 2001 and Jul 18, 2023. 16 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 31 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $104,210 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $75,200. The largest single penalty, $34,275, came from an inspection opened Nov 14, 2001 in La Habra. That places the employer at #750 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in West Hills, Northridge, Torrance, Woodland Hills, Santa Ana, San Diego, Palm Springs, Riverside.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2023 | West Hills | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 7, 2023 |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Northridge | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,500 | $1,500 | Apr 12, 2024 |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Torrance | Accident | 2 citations | $1,260 | $935 | Oct 21, 2021 |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Woodland Hills | Accident | 2 citations | $750 | $600 | Jul 14, 2020 |
| Mar 26, 2015 | Santa Ana | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $32,810 | $21,935 | Feb 10, 2021 |
| Mar 10, 2015 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations | $980 | $980 | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Jan 8, 2015 | Palm Springs | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | $465 | Mar 26, 2016 |
| Aug 13, 2013 | Riverside | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 16, 2014 |
| Jul 25, 2013 | Ventura | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,200 | $1,200 | Dec 8, 2014 |
| May 2, 2013 | Thousand Oaks | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $7,185 | $7,185 | Jun 2, 2014 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Riverside | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 15, 2011 |
| Jan 20, 2011 | San Diego | Accident | 2 citations | $5,375 | $5,375 | Jul 15, 2011 |
| Jul 22, 2010 | Riverside | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Jan 19, 2012 |
| Aug 18, 2004 | Whittier | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 18, 2005 |
| Dec 10, 2002 | Irvine | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 9, 2003 |
| Aug 22, 2002 | Fontana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2002 |
| Mar 22, 2002 | La Habra | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2004 |
| Mar 22, 2002 | La Habra | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2004 |
| Nov 14, 2001 | La Habra | Accident | 7 citations 3 serious | $51,275 | $34,275 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Ralph's Grocery Company; Ralph's Grocery Company Inc; Ralph's Grocery CO; Ralph's Grocery.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $1,655
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 3 citations, 2 serious, $7,725
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $7,720
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $1,140
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,185
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $5,300
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $860
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Torrance 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 Ralph's Grocery CO.
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.