Sugar Foods Corporation safety record at a glance
Sugar Foods Corporation has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 28, 2000 and Jan 2, 2025. 5 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 58 in all: 22 serious. Inspectors proposed $220,550 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $96,082. The largest single penalty, $23,730, came from an inspection opened Jun 28, 2000 in Sun Valley. That places the employer at #475 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 3 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Manufacturing. Worksites in Commerce, Union City, Sun Valley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2025 | Commerce | Complaint | 1 citation | $5,000 | open |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Union City | Planned | 6 citations | $2,385 $24,700 proposed | May 19, 2020 |
| Oct 5, 2016 | Union City | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $23,185 $24,370 proposed | Nov 20, 2017 |
| Jul 18, 2016 | Commerce | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 10, 2017 |
| May 11, 2005 | Sun Valley | Unprogrammed related | 5 citations 3 serious | $18,675 $41,760 proposed | Aug 26, 2008 |
| Jul 12, 2004 | Commerce | Accident | 5 citations 4 serious | $6,360 $30,930 proposed | May 31, 2007 |
| Sep 8, 2003 | Commerce | Accident | 5 citations | $900 $6,495 proposed | Jul 29, 2008 |
| Jun 5, 2003 | Sun Valley | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $2,995 | Jul 1, 2006 |
| Mar 7, 2001 | Sun Valley | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $1,122 $18,785 proposed | Apr 11, 2005 |
| Jun 28, 2000 | Sun Valley | Planned | 12 citations 8 serious | $23,730 $41,625 proposed | Feb 16, 2007 |
| Jun 28, 2000 | Sun Valley | Planned | 12 citations 4 serious | $11,730 $23,890 proposed | Jul 23, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Sugar Foods; Sugar Foods Corp; Sugar Foods Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 6 citations, 1 serious, $23,500
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 4 citations, 3 serious, $10,195
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 4 citations, 1 serious, $1,062
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 3 citations, 3 serious, $8,190
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $5,350
- 8 CCR 4051, Projecting Shaft Ends: 3 citations, 1 serious, $1,040
- 8 CCR 5185, Changing and Charging Storage Batteries: 2 citations, 2 serious, $5,940
- 8 CCR 4050, Shafting, Collars, Clutches, and Couplings: 2 citations, 2 serious, $4,320
Accidents investigated
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 Sugar Foods Corporation
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 4, 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.