Smart & Final Stores LLC safety record at a glance
Smart & Final Stores LLC has been the subject of 28 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 10, 2001 and Jul 3, 2025. 10 of them were accident inspections. 20 of them produced citations, 45 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $108,905 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $63,700. The largest single penalty, $18,560, came from an inspection opened Feb 10, 2025 in Daly City. That places the employer at #989 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Fresno, Daly City, Riverside, Modesto, Atascadero, Valencia, Milpitas, Commerce.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2025 | Fresno | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 11, 2025 |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Daly City | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,560 | $18,560 | open |
| Feb 5, 2024 | Riverside | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 12, 2024 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Modesto | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Sep 27, 2022 | Atascadero | Planned | 6 citations 1 serious | $5,620 | $5,620 | Dec 21, 2023 |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Valencia | Planned | 7 citations 1 serious | $5,150 | $3,600 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Milpitas | Planned | 2 citations | $1,400 | $800 | Oct 31, 2022 |
| Jan 21, 2021 | Commerce | Accident | 2 citations | $1,270 | $320 | Oct 4, 2021 |
| Sep 24, 2020 | Highland | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,250 | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Jul 24, 2020 | South Lake Tahoe | Referral | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | Oct 19, 2020 |
| Apr 13, 2020 | Northridge | Accident | 1 citation | $365 | $365 | Aug 20, 2020 |
| Dec 5, 2019 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $160 | $160 | May 27, 2020 |
| Sep 5, 2018 | Commerce | Accident | 1 citation | $11,475 | $1,050 | Apr 17, 2019 |
| Apr 10, 2018 | San Jose | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $8,800 | $6,600 | Sep 24, 2018 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | Hayward | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 12, 2017 |
| May 30, 2017 | Pasadena | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Mar 27, 2018 |
| Apr 18, 2017 | Tracy | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $2,400 | $2,400 | Jul 25, 2017 |
| Aug 5, 2016 | Glendale | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 6, 2016 |
| Dec 29, 2014 | Rancho Cucamonga | Accident | 1 citation | $1,000 | $1,000 | Jan 8, 2016 |
| Jan 31, 2013 | Baldwin Park | Accident | 5 citations 2 serious | $30,790 | $8,715 | Mar 6, 2014 |
| Sep 24, 2012 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,310 | $3,150 | Sep 28, 2013 |
| Jun 9, 2010 | Salinas | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Jul 17, 2010 |
| Apr 22, 2009 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | $6,750 | $6,750 | Jun 10, 2009 |
| Dec 4, 2007 | Commerce | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 4, 2008 |
| Nov 18, 2005 | Commerce | Accident | 1 citation | $1,200 | 0 | May 20, 2006 |
| Aug 13, 2003 | Commerce | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 14, 2003 |
| Aug 13, 2003 | Commerce | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 20, 2003 |
| Sep 10, 2001 | Commerce | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $745 | $450 | Oct 5, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Smart & Final Stores Corp; Smart and Final Stores Corp; Smart & Final Stores, LLC; Smart and Final Stores, LLC; Smart & Final Stores, Inc.; Smart and Final Stores LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $1,790
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 4 citations, $1,460
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 3 citations, $3,160
- 8 CCR 6401.9: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,560
- 8 CCR 4353: 2 citations, 2 serious, $8,100
- 8 CCR 5185: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,335
- 8 CCR 3384: 2 citations, $1,025
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fresno employment lawyer, Daly City employment lawyer, Riverside 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 Stores LLC
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.