Ralphs Grocery Company safety record at a glance

Ralphs Grocery Company has been the subject of 105 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 3, 2000 and Oct 5, 2026. 44 of them were accident inspections. 68 of them produced citations, 186 in all: 33 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $641,020 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $279,410. The largest single penalty, $26,250, came from an inspection opened Feb 15, 2002 in Long Beach. 10 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #60 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 9 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Manufacturing; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Carlsbad, Oxnard, Palm Desert, Oakland, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, La Habra, Stevenson Ranch.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

Opened	City	Why	Result	Penalty	Closed
Oct 5, 2026	Carlsbad	Accident	open, no citations yet	$0	open
Jan 15, 2026	Oxnard	Complaint	1 citation	$465	Jul 24, 2026
Oct 3, 2025	Palm Desert	Accident	no citations	$0	Jan 16, 2026
Aug 27, 2025	Oakland	Accident	2 citations 1 serious	$10,435 $28,685 proposed	Jun 29, 2026
Jun 20, 2025	Sherman Oaks	Accident	1 citation 1 serious	$15,300	open
May 23, 2024	Los Angeles	Accident	no citations	$0	Dec 4, 2024
Aug 8, 2023	La Habra	Accident	no citations	$0	Jan 19, 2024
Jul 20, 2023	Stevenson Ranch	Accident	1 citation	$560	Jan 17, 2024
Jun 8, 2023	Palm Springs	Planned	no citations	$0	Jun 21, 2023
Jun 8, 2023	Palm Springs	Planned	no citations	$0	Jun 23, 2023
Nov 16, 2022	Oakland	Planned	4 citations 1 serious	$10,680	open
Oct 20, 2022	Compton	Planned	2 citations	$755 $980 proposed	Nov 4, 2024
Oct 19, 2022	Los Angeles	Accident	no citations	$0	Mar 24, 2023
Mar 3, 2022	Brea	Accident	no citations	$0	Jul 20, 2022
Feb 8, 2022	La Habra	Fatality or catastrophe	death 1 citation	$0	Apr 5, 2022
Jan 25, 2022	Temple City	Accident	no citations	$0	May 17, 2022
Dec 1, 2021	Burbank	Accident	no citations	$0	Dec 29, 2021
Aug 19, 2021	Los Angeles	Fatality or catastrophe	death no citations	$0	Feb 4, 2022
May 18, 2021	San Diego	Complaint	no citations	$0	Aug 24, 2021
May 4, 2021	Sun Valley	Accident	5 citations	$840 $3,245 proposed	open
Mar 12, 2021	Paramount	Fatality or catastrophe	death 1 citation	$1,275 $22,950 proposed	Jul 18, 2022
Feb 2, 2021	Rancho Cucamonga	Fatality or catastrophe	death 3 citations 2 serious	$6,050 $43,250 proposed	open
Dec 18, 2020	Los Angeles	Referral	2 citations	$1,875 $9,935 proposed	Feb 20, 2024
Dec 17, 2020	Pasadena	Complaint	1 citation 1 serious	$16,875	Dec 7, 2022
Dec 17, 2020	Los Angeles	Complaint	3 citations	$4,050 $29,250 proposed	Dec 13, 2025
Dec 17, 2020	Burbank	Referral	1 citation	$3,000 $13,500 proposed	Nov 8, 2024
Dec 17, 2020	Los Angeles	Complaint	1 citation	$1,200 $7,200 proposed	Dec 2, 2022
Dec 17, 2020	Camarillo	Complaint	1 citation	$1,000 $19,125 proposed	Apr 23, 2025
Dec 1, 2020	Marina del Rey	Fatality or catastrophe	death 4 citations	$16,150 $31,450 proposed	open
Dec 1, 2020	Agoura	Complaint	2 citations	$420 $4,035 proposed	Dec 29, 2022
Nov 23, 2020	San Diego	Unprogrammed related	no citations	$0	May 17, 2021
Oct 14, 2020	Thousand Oaks	Accident	no citations	$0	Feb 23, 2021
Sep 5, 2020	San Diego	Referral	3 citations	$2,250	May 17, 2021
Aug 11, 2020	Los Osos	Complaint	4 citations	$3,850 $20,200 proposed	Mar 2, 2023
May 21, 2020	Studio City	Complaint	1 citation	$500 $13,500 proposed	Aug 10, 2021
May 19, 2020	Culver City	Fatality or catastrophe	death 5 citations	$8,260 $25,560 proposed	open
May 6, 2020	West Hollywood	Complaint	7 citations 1 serious	$5,245 $18,370 proposed	Sep 7, 2023
May 6, 2020	Aliso Viejo	Fatality or catastrophe	death no citations	$0	Jan 4, 2021
May 1, 2020	Arcadia	Complaint	no citations	$0	May 18, 2020
Apr 27, 2020	Carlsbad	Accident	2 citations 1 serious	$5,620	May 17, 2021
Mar 11, 2020	Los Angeles	Accident	no citations	$0	Jun 10, 2021
Jul 26, 2019	Fullerton	Complaint	6 citations	$2,155 $2,435 proposed	Aug 24, 2021
Jun 21, 2019	Arcadia	Complaint	1 citation	$600	Nov 12, 2019
Jul 17, 2017	Downey	Fatality or catastrophe	death 2 citations 2 serious	$5,035 $11,700 proposed	May 14, 2018
Apr 4, 2017	San Diego	Accident	2 citations	$1,300	Oct 3, 2017
Dec 21, 2016	Canyon Country	Accident	3 citations	$2,245 $19,120 proposed	Jan 4, 2018
Oct 18, 2016	Fullerton	Fatality or catastrophe	death no citations	$0	Nov 9, 2016
Jun 29, 2016	Dana Point	Referral	1 citation	$3,000 $5,000 proposed	Nov 20, 2017
Jun 28, 2016	West Hills	Complaint	1 citation	$185	Sep 26, 2016
Dec 22, 2015	Riverside	Planned	3 citations	$2,370 $3,250 proposed	Jun 28, 2017
Dec 22, 2015	Riverside	Planned	open, no citations yet	$0	open
Apr 24, 2015	Van Nuys	Accident	2 citations	$1,215	Sep 27, 2016
May 6, 2014	Ventura	Accident	2 citations	$1,120	Jul 3, 2014
Jan 30, 2014	Granada Hills	Complaint	no citations	$0	Sep 16, 2014
Oct 30, 2013	Irvine	Complaint	10 citations 3 serious	$9,225 $29,380 proposed	Jan 18, 2014
Sep 5, 2012	Sherman Oaks	Unprogrammed related	1 citation 1 serious	$2,000	Feb 23, 2013
Aug 29, 2012	Sacramento	Complaint	no citations	$0	Jan 18, 2013
Oct 4, 2011	Paramount	Complaint	no citations	$0	Mar 19, 2012
Jul 13, 2011	West Los Angeles	Accident	1 citation 1 serious	$4,050 $6,750 proposed	Sep 15, 2012
Feb 3, 2011	Riverside	Accident	no citations	$0	Jun 30, 2011
Oct 19, 2010	Sacramento	Accident	1 citation 1 serious	$18,000	May 2, 2016
Jul 8, 2010	Chatsworth	Accident	no citations	$0	Dec 27, 2010
Apr 7, 2010	Compton	Complaint	no citations	$0	May 4, 2010
Jan 7, 2010	Redondo Beach	Accident	1 citation 1 serious	$2,700 $5,060 proposed	Oct 30, 2010
Mar 19, 2009	Compton	Complaint	no citations	$0	Jul 3, 2009
Dec 9, 2008	Lomita	Accident	4 citations 1 serious	$19,450	Jul 8, 2009
Sep 11, 2008	Glendale	Accident	2 citations 2 serious	$13,500	Apr 16, 2009
Jun 23, 2008	Riverside	Accident	2 citations 1 serious	$3,000 $7,500 proposed	Mar 24, 2010
Apr 11, 2008	Van Nuys	Complaint	9 citations	$1,440	Dec 15, 2008
Jul 20, 2007	Orange	Complaint	1 citation	$275	Nov 17, 2008
Jun 1, 2007	Sunland	Unprogrammed related	1 citation	$375	Jul 10, 2008
Sep 20, 2006	Los Angeles	Complaint	4 citations	$1,535	Dec 31, 2007
May 30, 2006	Compton	Complaint	1 citation	$150 $700 proposed	Sep 7, 2007
Feb 24, 2006	Long Beach	Follow-up	no citations	$0	Mar 27, 2006
Nov 29, 2005	Riverside	Unprogrammed related	1 citation	$300 $3,375 proposed	Mar 22, 2010
May 24, 2005	Brea	Complaint	no citations	$0	Jun 15, 2005
Oct 28, 2004	Compton	Accident	no citations	$0	Jan 18, 2005
Jul 19, 2004	Pasadena	Accident	no citations	$0	Oct 8, 2004
Jun 2, 2004	Compton	Accident	no citations	$0	Oct 19, 2004
Jan 6, 2004	Hollywood	Accident	1 citation 1 serious	$2,700 $18,000 proposed	Jul 6, 2006
Dec 29, 2003	Los Angeles	Accident	1 citation	$375	Nov 14, 2009
Apr 4, 2003	Compton	Follow-up	no citations	$0	Apr 7, 2003
Jan 22, 2003	Compton	Planned	7 citations 1 serious	$5,405 $8,910 proposed	Jun 19, 2006
Oct 21, 2002	Compton	Complaint	1 citation	$175 $475 proposed	Jul 13, 2006
Apr 30, 2002	Los Angeles	Accident	4 citations	$900 $2,250 proposed	Nov 12, 2002
Apr 4, 2002	Riverside	Accident	3 citations 1 repeat	$900 $1,750 proposed	open
Feb 15, 2002	Long Beach	Accident	3 citations 2 serious	$26,250	Sep 13, 2010
Feb 14, 2002	Compton	Accident	1 citation 1 serious	$3,375 $18,000 proposed	Aug 21, 2008
Feb 14, 2002	Compton	Accident	2 citations	$1,125	Sep 13, 2010
Feb 13, 2002	Los Angeles	Accident	7 citations 2 serious	$5,850 $13,160 proposed	Dec 23, 2003
Feb 8, 2002	San Clemente	Unprogrammed related	no citations	$0	Apr 10, 2002
Jan 9, 2002	Compton	Complaint	1 citation	$225 $560 proposed	Aug 21, 2008
Dec 13, 2001	La Habra	Unprogrammed related	8 citations 3 serious	$9,640 $15,035 proposed	Apr 24, 2006
Nov 28, 2001	Elk Grove	Complaint	5 citations	$1,050 $2,150 proposed	Mar 20, 2007
Nov 14, 2001	Irvine	Accident	no citations	$0	Apr 16, 2004
Jul 18, 2001	Riverside	Complaint	1 citation	$150	Nov 26, 2001
Feb 23, 2001	Compton	Accident	3 citations	$975 $2,600 proposed	Apr 15, 2002
Feb 22, 2001	Riverside	Accident	death 2 citations	$655	Nov 13, 2001
Feb 9, 2001	Los Angeles	Complaint	7 citations 1 serious	$3,450 $10,865 proposed	May 31, 2001
Oct 25, 2000	Compton	Complaint	5 citations	$770 $1,600 proposed	Jun 11, 2005
Oct 10, 2000	Riverside	Accident	2 citations 1 serious	$3,000 $18,300 proposed	Sep 13, 2010
Aug 29, 2000	Norwalk	Accident	2 citations	$560	Sep 8, 2006
Jul 27, 2000	Compton	Accident	no citations	$0	Jan 11, 2001
Jul 20, 2000	Riverside	Complaint	no citations	$0	Oct 13, 2000
Feb 3, 2000	Mission Viejo	Complaint	no citations	$0	Jun 13, 2000

Also recorded as: Ralphs Grocery CO - Riverside Warehouse; Ralphs Grocery CO; Ralphs Grocery CO; Ralphs Grocery CO; Ralphs Grocery CO. dba Ralphs Store; Ralphs Grocery; Ralphs Grocery Company - Glendale Service Center; Ralphs Grocery; Ralphs Grocery CO dba Food CO; Ralphs Grocery Company, Inc.; Ralphs Grocery CO.; Ralphs Grocery Company dba Food 4 Less.

The rules this employer was cited under

8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 17 citations, 3 serious, $18,960
8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 13 citations, 2 serious, $29,885
8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 13 citations, $5,050
8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 11 citations, $3,350
8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 8 citations, $13,275
8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 7 citations, 1 serious, $7,555
8 CCR 3272, Aisles, Walkways, and Crawlways: 6 citations, 1 serious, $1,720
8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 5 citations, 1 serious, $5,060

Accidents investigated

Feb 18, 2022, Brea. Employee fractures skull in fall from ladder 1 hospitalized Inspection

Feb 5, 2022, La Habra. Employee with COVID-19 infection dies 1 death Inspection

Aug 8, 2021, Los Angeles. Employee with COVID-18 infection dies 1 death Inspection

Jul 5, 2021, Burbank. Employee lacerates eye when struck box cutter 1 hospitalized Inspection

Mar 7, 2021, Paramount. Employee with COVID-19 infection dies 1 death Inspection

Dec 20, 2020, Rancho Cucamonga. Employee with COVID-19 infection dies 1 death Inspection

Nov 24, 2020, Marina del Rey. Employee with COVID-19 infection dies 1 death Inspection

Aug 23, 2020, Thousand Oaks. Employee stocking feels arm pain, is later diagnosed with bl 1 hospitalized Inspection

May 7, 2020, Culver City. Employee with COVID-19 infection dies 1 death Inspection

Apr 13, 2020, Carlsbad. Employee fractures knee after slip and fall on wet floor 1 hospitalized Inspection

Apr 3, 2020, Aliso Viejo. Employee is struck by falling object, later dies 1 death Inspection

Mar 1, 2020, Los Angeles. Employee injures arm when caught in safety gate 1 hospitalized Inspection

Jul 11, 2017, Downey. Employee falls, hits head, and later dies 1 death Inspection

Mar 13, 2017, San Diego. Employee falls from ladder and sustains multiple injuries 1 hospitalized Inspection

Oct 15, 2016, Fullerton. Employee is found deceased in truck 1 death Inspection

Jun 11, 2011, West Los Angeles. Employee's Hand Is Injured When Caught in Machine Inspection

Sep 27, 2010, Sacramento. Meat Cutter's Finger Is Amputated by Band Saw Inspection

Jun 20, 2010, Chatsworth. Employee Sprained Knee in Fall Down the Stairs 1 hospitalized Inspection

Dec 30, 2009, Redondo Beach. Grocery Manager Fractures Hip Falling on Wet Floor 1 hospitalized Inspection

Nov 20, 2008, Lomita. Meat Cutter's Finger Is Amputated by Saw Inspection

Aug 20, 2008, Glendale. Employee Falls from Catwalk and Sustains Multiple Fractures 1 hospitalized Inspection

Oct 25, 2004, Compton. Employee injures leg between pallet jack and guard rail 1 hospitalized Inspection

Jul 8, 2004, Pasadena. Employee's finger is amputated while rolling gate Inspection

May 18, 2004, Compton. Employee is injured when pinned between two forklifts 1 hospitalized Inspection

Dec 29, 2003, Hollywood. Butcher's finger amputated in meat saw Inspection

Dec 8, 2003, Los Angeles. Employee Dislocates Toe in Forklift Collision 1 hospitalized Inspection

Apr 12, 2002, Los Angeles. Employee burned from hot cooking oil split Inspection

Feb 25, 2002, Riverside. Employee injured while operatating a pallet jack 1 hospitalized Inspection

Feb 14, 2002, Long Beach. Employee Injured in Fall from Storage Rack 1 hospitalized Inspection

Oct 25, 2001, Irvine. Employee Is Burned When Gas Stove Backfires 1 hospitalized Inspection

Local pages: Carlsbad employment lawyer, Oxnard 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 Ralphs Grocery Company

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.

Ralphs Grocery Company Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations