Sodexo safety record at a glance
Sodexo has been the subject of 21 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 11, 2008 and Jun 24, 2026. 8 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $72,251 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $26,093. The largest single penalty, $6,750, came from an inspection opened Nov 3, 2009 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #4,411 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 26 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration); Accommodation and Food Services; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Ukiah, San Diego, Camp Pendleton, La Mesa, Valencia, Oxnard, Sacramento, Madera.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | Ukiah | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Oct 15, 2025 | San Diego | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | San Diego | Complaint | 8 citations | $4,480 | $4,480 | open |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Camp Pendleton | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $6,026 | $2,963 | Sep 7, 2022 |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Camp Pendleton | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 7, 2022 |
| Nov 15, 2021 | La Mesa | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | May 16, 2022 |
| Mar 12, 2020 | Valencia | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 10, 2020 |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Oxnard | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $1,260 | $1,260 | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Feb 12, 2018 | Sacramento | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 1, 2018 |
| Sep 13, 2017 | Madera | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Mar 8, 2018 |
| Aug 11, 2016 | Fountain Valley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2016 |
| Nov 4, 2014 | Hemet | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Mar 10, 2016 |
| Dec 10, 2012 | San Bernardino | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $23,560 | $5,885 | Mar 28, 2014 |
| Nov 13, 2012 | Camp Pendleton | Referral | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2012 |
| Aug 23, 2012 | Corona | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 25, 2012 |
| Mar 6, 2012 | Davis | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 7, 2012 |
| Oct 5, 2011 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Nov 19, 2011 |
| Sep 27, 2010 | Rancho Santa Margarita | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 4, 2010 |
| Jan 6, 2010 | Anaheim | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 10, 2010 |
| Nov 3, 2009 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $24,750 | $6,750 | Jul 17, 2010 |
| Aug 11, 2008 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $10,120 | $2,700 | Feb 23, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Sodexo Inc dba Sodexo Education; Sodexo Inc; Sodexo LLC; Sodexo USA; Sodexo, Inc.; Sodexo, Inc; Sodexo Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 2 serious, $4,335
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 3 citations, $1,680
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,310
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $1,120
- 8 CCR 3384: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 1430.29: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 1910.303: 1 citation, $2,963
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego 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 Sodexo
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.