Synear Foods USA, LLC safety record at a glance
Synear Foods USA, LLC has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 22, 2018 and Oct 16, 2026. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 27 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $53,980 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $32,245. The largest single penalty, $16,525, came from an inspection opened Sep 18, 2023 in Chatsworth. That places the employer at #3,146 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Chatsworth.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | Chatsworth | Unprogrammed related | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 26, 2026 | Chatsworth | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2026 |
| May 15, 2025 | Chatsworth | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Chatsworth | Complaint | 13 citations 3 serious | $27,380 | $16,525 | open |
| Jun 10, 2020 | Chatsworth | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 11, 2020 |
| Jan 23, 2020 | Chatsworth | Planned | 4 citations 3 serious | $10,395 | $5,590 | Jul 9, 2020 |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Chatsworth | Accident | 2 citations | $12,475 | $6,400 | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Jan 22, 2018 | Chatsworth | Complaint | 8 citations | $3,730 | $3,730 | Feb 16, 2021 |
Also recorded as: Synear Foods; Synear Foods USA.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189: 6 citations, $2,120
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 4 citations, 1 serious, $4,240
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, 1 serious, $5,860
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $6,400
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,175
- 8 CCR 5192: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,500
- 8 CCR 3577: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,925
- 8 CCR 4070: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
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. 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.
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If you work, or worked, at Synear Foods USA, LLC
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.