Ralphs safety record at a glance
Ralphs has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 27, 2001 and Jul 28, 2020. 4 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 6 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $17,000 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $10,500. The largest single penalty, $5,200, came from an inspection opened May 26, 2020 in Sherman Oaks. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #14,773 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 11 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing; Construction. Worksites in Irvine, La Jolla, Sherman Oaks, Compton, Marina del Rey, Sacramento, Fontana, La Habra.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2020 | Irvine | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 28, 2020 |
| Jul 27, 2020 | La Jolla | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 29, 2020 |
| May 26, 2020 | Sherman Oaks | Accident | death 2 citations | $10,200 | $5,200 | Jul 10, 2025 |
| Nov 27, 2018 | Compton | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 23, 2019 |
| Jul 23, 2009 | Marina del Rey | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Jan 23, 2010 |
| Nov 6, 2006 | Sacramento | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2006 |
| Apr 14, 2006 | Fontana | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 28, 2006 |
| Apr 17, 2002 | La Habra | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 16, 2004 |
| Jun 27, 2001 | Whittier | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $1,800 | $300 | Mar 6, 2006 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $10,000
- 8 CCR 4300.7: 1 citation, $200
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Irvine 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 Ralphs
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.