Smart & Final safety record at a glance
Smart & Final has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 4, 2002 and Nov 16, 2022. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $17,450 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,880. The largest single penalty, $3,000, came from an inspection opened Jun 4, 2002 in Stockton. That places the employer at #19,422 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Clovis, Fontana, Covina, Daly City, Sacramento, Alhambra, Yuba City, Stanton.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2022 | Clovis | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 29, 2022 |
| Jul 24, 2020 | Fontana | Referral | 2 citations | $1,500 | $900 | Feb 22, 2021 |
| Jul 19, 2017 | Covina | Complaint | 2 citations | $6,795 | $950 | Nov 6, 2017 |
| Jul 12, 2017 | Daly City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 29, 2017 |
| Feb 8, 2017 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2017 |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Alhambra | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $450 | Aug 16, 2017 |
| Mar 10, 2015 | Yuba City | Complaint | 2 citations | $795 | $795 | Mar 25, 2016 |
| Oct 6, 2011 | Stanton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 10, 2011 |
| Mar 8, 2010 | Commerce | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 5, 2010 |
| Mar 27, 2003 | San Jose | Complaint | 4 citations | $3,300 | $600 | Oct 25, 2004 |
| Feb 25, 2003 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $185 | Jul 31, 2006 |
| Jun 4, 2002 | Stockton | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,750 | $3,000 | Feb 1, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Smart and Final; Smart and Final, Inc.; Smart & Final LLC; Smart & Final, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $335
- 8 CCR 3337: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 2340.21: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Clovis employment lawyer, Fontana 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 Smart & Final
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.