The Cheesecake Factory safety record at a glance
The Cheesecake Factory has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 31, 2006 and Aug 29, 2024. 5 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 3 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $24,480 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $20,835. The largest single penalty, $6,235, came from an inspection opened Sep 17, 2013 in Mission Viejo. That places the employer at #6,302 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 11 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 2 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Accommodation and Food Services; Manufacturing. Worksites in San Francisco, Huntington Beach, Oxnard, San Diego, Roseville, Walnut Creek, Mission Viejo, Calabasas.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2024 | San Francisco | Accident | 2 citations | $1,495 | $1,495 | Feb 24, 2025 |
| Nov 5, 2020 | Huntington Beach | Accident | 1 citation 1 repeat | $1,000 | $1,000 | May 4, 2021 |
| Sep 7, 2020 | Oxnard | Referral | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Nov 30, 2020 |
| Aug 26, 2020 | San Diego | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 9, 2020 |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Roseville | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 18, 2016 |
| Dec 24, 2015 | Walnut Creek | Complaint | 2 citations | $645 | $645 | Feb 22, 2016 |
| May 20, 2015 | Roseville | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Mar 29, 2016 |
| Sep 17, 2013 | Mission Viejo | Accident | 3 citations | $6,235 | $6,235 | Mar 29, 2014 |
| Mar 30, 2012 | Calabasas | Programmed related | 5 citations 1 serious | $6,180 | $6,180 | Oct 6, 2015 |
| Dec 23, 2008 | San Jose | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 16, 2009 |
| Jul 31, 2008 | Glendale | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 15, 2008 |
| May 31, 2006 | Calabasas Hills | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $8,100 | $4,455 | Oct 30, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Cheesecake Factory; The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated; The Cheesecake Factory, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $2,880
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,060
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,050
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $900
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, $485
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $405
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Francisco employment lawyer, Huntington Beach employment lawyer, Oxnard 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 The Cheesecake Factory
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.