Ralphs Grocery Store safety record at a glance
Ralphs Grocery Store has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 18, 2002 and Jan 6, 2022. 5 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $69,295 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $29,665. The largest single penalty, $13,500, came from an inspection opened Sep 6, 2020 in Van Nuys. That places the employer at #3,603 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Pacific Palisades, Pacoima, Palmdale, Van Nuys, San Diego, Torrance, Long Beach, Whittier.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2022 | Pacific Palisades | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 3, 2022 |
| Apr 29, 2021 | Pacoima | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 9, 2021 |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Pacoima | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 9, 2021 |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Palmdale | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 14, 2021 |
| Sep 6, 2020 | Van Nuys | Referral | 1 citation 1 serious | $13,500 | $13,500 | open |
| Jun 13, 2008 | San Diego | Complaint | 6 citations 1 serious | $8,895 | $8,895 | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Jun 14, 2007 | Torrance | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $28,120 | $4,125 | Nov 5, 2008 |
| Jun 11, 2004 | Long Beach | Complaint | 2 citations | $220 | $220 | Aug 30, 2006 |
| Mar 17, 2004 | Whittier | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $560 | $225 | Sep 16, 2006 |
| Nov 15, 2002 | Torrance | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 15, 2002 |
| Apr 18, 2002 | Santa Ana | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $2,700 | Sep 19, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Ralphs Grocery CO., Store; Ralphs Grocery Company, Store.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3277: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,600
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $295
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 4186: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 2340.17: 1 citation, $840
- 8 CCR 3270: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 1 citation, $560
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Palmdale 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 Grocery Store
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.