Sara Lee Corporation safety record at a glance
Sara Lee Corporation has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 13, 2003 and Mar 28, 2011. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 2 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $465 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $430. The largest single penalty, $280, came from an inspection opened Aug 7, 2008 in Fresno. That places the employer at #68,665 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Paramount, Oakland, Fresno, Castroville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2011 | Paramount | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $150 $185 proposed | Jun 28, 2012 |
| Mar 15, 2010 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 12, 2010 |
| Aug 7, 2008 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | Dec 29, 2008 |
| Dec 9, 2003 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 11, 2003 |
| Mar 13, 2003 | Castroville | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Jul 10, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Sara Lee Corp dba Earth Grains Bakery; Sara Lee.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $280
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $150
Local pages: Oakland employment lawyer, Fresno 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 Sara Lee Corporation
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 4, 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.