Tawa Supermarket Inc safety record at a glance
Tawa Supermarket Inc has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 15, 2002 and Jun 30, 2026. 11 of them were accident inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 33 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $97,070 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $57,785. The largest single penalty, $21,615, came from an inspection opened Jan 10, 2020 in San Diego. That places the employer at #1,170 of 122,853 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; Manufacturing. Worksites in Gardena, Buena Park, Monterey Park, Corona, San Diego, Arcadia, Irvine, San Gabriel.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | Gardena | Planned | 5 citations | $1,530 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Buena Park | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 7, 2025 |
| Jul 24, 2024 | Buena Park | Accident | 2 citations | $900 | Feb 7, 2025 |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Monterey Park | Accident | 1 citation | $240 $400 proposed | Sep 20, 2022 |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Buena Park | Fatality or catastrophe | no inspection made | $0 | Apr 6, 2021 |
| Jul 23, 2020 | Corona | Referral | 3 citations | $1,875 | Feb 5, 2021 |
| Jan 10, 2020 | San Diego | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $21,615 $23,600 proposed | Dec 20, 2021 |
| Jun 5, 2019 | Gardena | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $21,200 $33,045 proposed | Mar 26, 2021 |
| May 3, 2018 | Arcadia | Accident | 3 citations | $440 $1,230 proposed | Jan 22, 2019 |
| Jul 10, 2017 | Monterey Park | Accident | 2 citations | $1,120 | Jan 30, 2018 |
| Mar 22, 2010 | Monterey Park | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 23, 2010 |
| Apr 6, 2009 | Monterey Park | Complaint | 2 citations 1 serious | $1,800 $7,965 proposed | Oct 23, 2009 |
| Nov 6, 2008 | Irvine | Accident | 2 citations | $1,030 | May 28, 2009 |
| Dec 18, 2006 | Gardena | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,060 $22,500 proposed | Feb 2, 2007 |
| Mar 28, 2006 | San Gabriel | Accident | 4 citations | $600 $1,500 proposed | Oct 16, 2006 |
| Nov 15, 2002 | Rowland Heights | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | Jan 29, 2003 |
Also recorded as: Tawa Supermarket Inc. dba 99 Ranch Market, Inc.; Tawa Supermarket Inc dba 99 Ranch Market; Tawa Supermarket, Inc. dba 99 Ranch Market; Tawa Supermarket, Inc.; Tawa Supermarket Inc.; Tawa Supermarket, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $2,090
- 8 CCR 4543, Guarding of Meat Cutting Band Saw Blades: 5 citations, 4 serious, $44,695
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 3 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $3,625
- 8 CCR 3249, Cold Storage, Processing, and Manufacturing Rooms: 2 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $715
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $535
- 8 CCR 2340.17, Guarding of Energized Parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Tawa Supermarket Inc
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.