Saputo Cheese USA Inc. safety record at a glance
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. has been the subject of 33 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 5, 2000 and Aug 19, 2026. 25 of them were accident inspections. 21 of them produced citations, 43 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $223,695 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $121,355. The largest single penalty, $23,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 8, 2019 in Tulare. That places the employer at #297 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Tulare, Newman, South Gate.
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Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | Tulare | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Tulare | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Newman | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Tulare | Fatality or catastrophe | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Tulare | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | May 23, 2025 |
| Jan 14, 2025 | South Gate | Accident | 1 citation | $800 | $800 | Jun 2, 2025 |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Apr 27, 2023 | South Gate | Accident | 1 citation | $700 | $450 | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | May 22, 2023 |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jun 14, 2023 |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Tulare | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 3, 2022 |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Tulare | Complaint | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Nov 8, 2021 |
| Dec 16, 2019 | Tulare | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 18, 2020 |
| Oct 8, 2019 | Tulare | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,000 | $23,000 | Sep 7, 2020 |
| Sep 17, 2019 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Feb 16, 2020 |
| Jun 26, 2018 | Tulare | Referral | 6 citations 1 serious | $34,915 | $10,335 | Jun 20, 2019 |
| Nov 9, 2016 | Newman | Accident | 2 citations | $7,650 | $4,000 | May 15, 2017 |
| Aug 4, 2015 | Newman | Accident | 1 citation | $365 | $365 | Oct 26, 2015 |
| Dec 3, 2014 | Tulare | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $23,060 | $5,810 | Mar 16, 2016 |
| Sep 10, 2013 | South Gate | Accident | 3 citations | $2,060 | $2,060 | open |
| Nov 15, 2012 | Newman | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $8,500 | $7,000 | Jun 10, 2013 |
| Apr 8, 2011 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Jun 3, 2011 |
| Mar 4, 2008 | Tulare | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 26, 2010 |
| Feb 29, 2008 | Tulare | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 4, 2008 |
| Jun 7, 2007 | Tulare | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jun 19, 2007 |
| May 11, 2007 | South Gate | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 22, 2007 |
| Apr 11, 2007 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | $1,125 | Dec 29, 2008 |
| May 7, 2004 | Tulare | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 29, 2006 |
| Mar 15, 2004 | South Gate | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $12,180 | $4,675 | May 18, 2015 |
| Nov 18, 2003 | Tulare | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jul 13, 2006 |
| Mar 7, 2002 | South Gate | Accident | 8 citations 3 serious | $63,620 | $20,065 | Jul 13, 2006 |
| Apr 5, 2000 | South Gate | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $6,750 | $2,700 | Sep 1, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Saputo Cheese; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Saputo Cheese USA, Inc; Saputo Cheese USA, Inc.; Saputo Cheese USA.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 10 citations, 7 serious, $67,215
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 4 citations, $3,160
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 4 citations, $2,850
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,825
- 8 CCR 5189: 2 citations, $2,335
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, $1,575
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $1,100
- 8 CCR 4206: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: South Gate 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 Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
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.