Sprouts Farmers Market safety record at a glance
Sprouts Farmers Market has been the subject of 18 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 31, 2007 and Apr 2, 2026. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $46,990 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $22,120. The largest single penalty, $8,810, came from an inspection opened Aug 30, 2012 in Poway. That places the employer at #5,726 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: Retail Trade; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Oakland, San Ramon, Orange, La Verne, Alhambra, Redondo Beach, Daly City, Westlake Village.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2026 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | San Ramon | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 10, 2025 |
| Jan 13, 2023 | Orange | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $4,160 $5,620 proposed | Aug 10, 2023 |
| Feb 16, 2022 | La Verne | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 $450 proposed | Sep 1, 2022 |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Alhambra | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $280 | May 20, 2022 |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Redondo Beach | Accident | no citations | $0 | Feb 9, 2022 |
| Jan 8, 2020 | Daly City | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 26, 2020 |
| May 11, 2018 | Westlake Village | Accident | 2 citations | $1,500 | Oct 23, 2018 |
| Nov 30, 2017 | Rancho Cucamonga | Accident | 1 citation | $400 | Aug 10, 2018 |
| Aug 31, 2017 | Mountain View | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Feb 28, 2017 | Corona | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 9, 2017 |
| Apr 7, 2014 | Seal Beach | Complaint | 5 citations 1 serious | $6,600 $13,215 proposed | Aug 19, 2015 |
| Mar 13, 2014 | Yorba Linda | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 4, 2014 |
| Mar 26, 2013 | Seal Beach | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 22, 2013 |
| Aug 30, 2012 | Poway | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious | $8,810 $24,685 proposed | May 27, 2014 |
| Jul 14, 2011 | Brea | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 1, 2011 |
| Jun 28, 2007 | Torrance | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 $840 proposed | Nov 5, 2008 |
| Jan 31, 2007 | Vista | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 6, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Sprouts Farmers Market LLC; Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $1,365
- 8 CCR 4353, Stationary Compaction Equipment and Balers: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $370
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,750
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,600
- 8 CCR 5146, Internal Combustion Engine Exhaust Emission Control: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland employment lawyer, Orange 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 Sprouts Farmers Market
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.