Real Mex Foods safety record at a glance
Real Mex Foods has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 2, 2005 and Apr 13, 2012. 5 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 24 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $110,295 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $49,650. The largest single penalty, $18,225, came from an inspection opened Apr 14, 2008 in Vernon. That places the employer at #1,504 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Accommodation and Food Services. Worksites in Vernon, Sacramento, Union City, Santa Fe Springs.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2012 | Vernon | Complaint | 10 citations 7 serious | $32,245 | $4,650 | Jun 17, 2013 |
| May 13, 2011 | Sacramento | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2011 |
| Oct 4, 2010 | Vernon | Accident | 3 citations | $19,180 | $350 | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Dec 16, 2009 | Union City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2009 |
| Oct 17, 2008 | Vernon | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | $18,000 | Oct 27, 2009 |
| Apr 14, 2008 | Vernon | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,310 | $18,225 | Dec 3, 2008 |
| Jun 2, 2005 | Santa Fe Springs | Accident | 6 citations 2 serious | $16,560 | $8,425 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Real Mex Foods Inc; Real Mex Foods, Inc.; Real Mex Foods dba Chevys Restaurant.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 1 serious, $18,350
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $225
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $4,350
- 8 CCR 2500.10: 2 citations, $650
- 8 CCR 3480: 2 citations, 1 serious, $600
- 8 CCR 4186: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Real Mex Foods
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.