Subway safety record at a glance
Subway has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 13, 2001 and Jun 19, 2026. 11 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 6 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $1,195 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $720. The largest single penalty, $335, came from an inspection opened Jan 21, 2011 in Oceanside. That places the employer at #59,010 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 67 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Accommodation and Food Services. Worksites in Bakersfield, Antioch, El Cajon, San Diego, Encino, Lake Elsinore, Fremont, Oceanside.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Bakersfield | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Antioch | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 4, 2023 |
| Oct 20, 2020 | El Cajon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 13, 2020 |
| Sep 6, 2020 | San Diego | Unprogrammed other | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 4, 2020 | Encino | Complaint | 2 citations | $435 | $210 | open |
| Nov 5, 2015 | Lake Elsinore | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 21, 2015 |
| May 31, 2013 | Fremont | Complaint | 1 citation | $250 | 0 | Aug 20, 2013 |
| Jan 21, 2011 | Oceanside | Complaint | 2 citations | $335 | $335 | May 11, 2011 |
| Dec 14, 2010 | Fair Oaks | Complaint | 1 citation | $175 | $175 | Jun 3, 2011 |
| Oct 4, 2010 | Pittsburg | Complaint | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 4, 2010 |
| Jul 30, 2008 | Willow Creek | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 23, 2009 |
| Jul 21, 2005 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2006 |
| Jul 13, 2001 | Barstow | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2001 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, $610
- 8 CCR 1430.40: 1 citation, $110
Local pages: Bakersfield employment lawyer, Antioch employment lawyer, El Cajon 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 Subway
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.