The Save Mart Companies, Inc. safety record at a glance
The Save Mart Companies, Inc. has been the subject of 27 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 2, 2016 and Feb 17, 2026. 15 of them were complaint inspections. 21 of them produced citations, 46 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $170,745 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $117,470. The largest single penalty, $32,060, came from an inspection opened Feb 15, 2018 in Oakland. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #315 of 122,854 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; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Vacaville, Sonora, Santa Rosa, Turlock, Mante, Jackson, Merced, San Leandro.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2026 | Vacaville | Complaint | 3 citations | $970 | $970 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Sonora | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Santa Rosa | Planned | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Jul 22, 2025 |
| May 2, 2025 | Turlock | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Mante | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Jackson | Complaint | 1 citation | $635 | $635 | Mar 18, 2026 |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Merced | Accident | 2 citations | $6,210 | $6,210 | May 26, 2026 |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Merced | Accident | 1 citation | $5,735 | $2,000 | Jul 3, 2023 |
| Jul 21, 2022 | San Leandro | Accident | 5 citations 1 serious | $24,840 | $18,450 | Nov 21, 2022 |
| Mar 16, 2022 | Napa | Complaint | 1 citation | $700 | $700 | Sep 26, 2022 |
| Jan 21, 2022 | Novato | Accident | 1 citation | $500 | 0 | Oct 25, 2023 |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Union City | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Apr 2, 2021 | Visalia | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 29, 2021 |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Hercules | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 29, 2021 |
| Jan 29, 2021 | Santa Maria | Fatality or catastrophe | death 4 citations 1 serious | $10,215 | $6,615 | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Tracy | Referral | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Jan 14, 2021 |
| Mar 30, 2020 | Ukiah | Accident | 2 citations | $5,475 | $5,475 | Nov 16, 2020 |
| Mar 10, 2020 | Roseville | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $45,000 | $29,500 | Mar 6, 2023 |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Roseville | Complaint | 2 citations | $425 | $425 | Sep 30, 2020 |
| Jan 3, 2020 | Merced | Complaint | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Jun 3, 2020 |
| Mar 18, 2019 | Roseville | Complaint | 2 citations | $7,060 | $7,060 | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Oct 23, 2018 | Roseville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2018 |
| Aug 8, 2018 | Roseville | Complaint | 2 citations | $935 | $935 | Mar 14, 2019 |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Oakland | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $54,560 | $32,060 | Oct 11, 2021 |
| Jul 31, 2017 | Modesto | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,150 | $1,150 | Dec 7, 2017 |
| Sep 7, 2016 | San Bruno | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,500 | $1,050 | Feb 3, 2017 |
| Sep 2, 2016 | Carmel by the Sea | Complaint | 4 citations | $3,000 | $2,400 | Feb 21, 2017 |
Also recorded as: The Save Mart Companies, Inc; The Save Mart Companies; Save Mart Companies; The Save Mart Companies, LLC; The Save Mart Companies. Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 7 citations, 3 serious, $55,795
- 8 CCR 3272: 5 citations, 1 serious, $24,450
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $2,490
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 3 citations, $8,700
- 5A0001: 3 citations, $710
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $935
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Rosa 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 Save Mart Companies, 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 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.