Stater Bros. Markets safety record at a glance
Stater Bros. Markets has been the subject of 42 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 26, 2000 and Jun 15, 2026. 24 of them were accident inspections. 35 of them produced citations, 66 in all: 10 serious. Inspectors proposed $223,567 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $145,894. The largest single penalty, $19,695, came from an inspection opened Jun 18, 2019 in Redlands. That places the employer at #208 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Fontana, San Bernardino, Corona, Norco, Cathedral City, Hemet, Orange, Santa Ana.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Fontana | Accident | 1 citation | $3,750 | $3,750 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | San Bernardino | Accident | 1 citation | $350 | $350 | Dec 22, 2025 |
| Jun 25, 2025 | Corona | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $8,950 | $3,565 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Feb 23, 2024 | San Bernardino | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $16,575 | $16,575 | May 29, 2024 |
| Jan 29, 2024 | Norco | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 7, 2024 |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Cathedral City | Planned | 5 citations 2 serious | $20,040 | $14,029 | Feb 29, 2024 |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Cathedral City | Planned | 3 citations 2 serious | $5,692 | $4,173 | Feb 29, 2024 |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Hemet | Planned | 2 citations | $900 | $900 | Apr 13, 2023 |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Norco | Planned | 3 citations | $700 | $700 | Apr 17, 2023 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Orange | Planned | 2 citations | $370 | $370 | May 8, 2023 |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Santa Ana | Accident | 2 citations | $800 | $800 | Jun 22, 2023 |
| Nov 1, 2022 | Garden Grove | Planned | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | San Bernardino | Accident | 1 citation | $635 | $635 | Dec 28, 2022 |
| Sep 20, 2022 | Phelan | Planned | 4 citations | $1,500 | $1,500 | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Menifee | Planned | 3 citations | $1,700 | $1,700 | Jan 13, 2023 |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Montclair | Planned | 2 citations | $400 | $400 | Sep 8, 2022 |
| Apr 5, 2022 | San Clemente | Planned | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Aug 22, 2022 |
| Dec 22, 2021 | Adelanto | Planned | 1 citation | $160 | $160 | May 31, 2022 |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Palmdale | Complaint | 1 citation | $325 | $325 | open |
| Jun 22, 2020 | Calimesa | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 31, 2020 |
| Nov 6, 2019 | Calimesa | Accident | 2 citations | $5,850 | $3,675 | Mar 30, 2020 |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Redlands | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $26,285 | $19,695 | Nov 2, 2019 |
| Dec 28, 2017 | San Bernardino | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $1,125 | Oct 10, 2018 |
| Nov 8, 2017 | Murrieta | Accident | 2 citations | $24,750 | $19,476 | Jun 23, 2018 |
| Oct 13, 2017 | San Bernardino | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $12,726 | May 16, 2018 |
| May 1, 2017 | San Bernardino | Accident | 1 citation | $1,060 | $1,060 | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Apr 18, 2017 | San Bernardino | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $19,920 | $4,170 | Aug 18, 2018 |
| Nov 4, 2016 | Winchester | Accident | 2 citations | $18,750 | $12,750 | Jun 6, 2017 |
| Oct 28, 2016 | San Bernardino | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $12,000 | Jul 17, 2017 |
| Sep 17, 2014 | Redlands | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Jan 13, 2016 |
| Mar 30, 2012 | San Bernardino | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 3, 2012 |
| Jun 29, 2011 | Riverside | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Mar 8, 2012 |
| Feb 2, 2010 | Redlands | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | 0 | Sep 21, 2010 |
| Jun 30, 2009 | Montclair | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Sep 19, 2015 |
| May 28, 2009 | Lake Elsinore | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $300 | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Feb 9, 2009 | Riverside | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Nov 20, 2008 | Perris | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 19, 2009 |
| May 5, 2008 | Vista | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2008 |
| Oct 10, 2007 | Colton | Accident | 2 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Mar 23, 2010 |
| Oct 2, 2007 | Loma Linda | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 31, 2007 |
| Mar 25, 2004 | Huntington Beach | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $5,435 | $5,435 | Aug 30, 2006 |
| Oct 26, 2000 | Industry | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 26, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Stater Bros Markets; Stater Bros Markets Inc; Stater Bros Markets; Stater Bros, Markets; Stater Bros Markets; Stater Bros Markets; Stater Bros Markets; Stater Bros Markets; Stater Bros Markets; Stater Bros Markets; Stater Bros Markets; Stater Bros. Markets, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4543: 10 citations, 1 serious, $52,781
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 7 citations, $1,520
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 6 citations, 2 serious, $21,095
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $1,570
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 3 citations, $745
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $13,026
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $12,175
- 8 CCR 1910.303: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,970
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fontana employment lawyer, San Bernardino employment lawyer, Corona 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 Stater Bros. Markets
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.