Rite Aid Pharmacy safety record at a glance
Rite Aid Pharmacy has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 24, 2001 and Sep 6, 2024. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $970 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $555. The largest single penalty, $405, came from an inspection opened Jul 24, 2001 in Carlsbad. That places the employer at #64,009 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Whittier, Buena Park, Stockton, San Diego, Union City, Mill Valley, Carlsbad.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2024 | Whittier | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 4, 2024 |
| Apr 5, 2017 | Buena Park | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 26, 2017 |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Whittier | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 4, 2016 |
| May 9, 2014 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 12, 2014 |
| Feb 4, 2013 | San Diego | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 5, 2013 |
| Aug 9, 2006 | Union City | Complaint | 3 citations | $150 | $150 | Apr 21, 2009 |
| Jan 12, 2005 | Mill Valley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 26, 2005 |
| Jun 6, 2002 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 17, 2002 |
| Jul 24, 2001 | Carlsbad | Complaint | 4 citations | $820 | $405 | Jul 25, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Rite-Aid Pharmacy.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5192: 2 citations, $135
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $135
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $135
- 8 CCR 3225: 1 citation, $50
- 8 CCR 3216, Aisles: 1 citation, $50
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $50
Local pages: Whittier employment lawyer, Stockton 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 Rite Aid Pharmacy
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.