The Vons Companies, Inc. safety record at a glance
The Vons Companies, Inc. has been the subject of 25 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 24, 2005 and Jul 14, 2026. 9 of them were accident inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 34 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $102,330 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $66,755. The largest single penalty, $27,560, came from an inspection opened Dec 17, 2020 in Simi Valley. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #929 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 18 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Simi Valley, San Diego, Stevenson Ranch, Carlsbad, Glendale, Fresno, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | Simi Valley | Planned | 4 citations | $1,955 | $1,955 | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Jun 19, 2026 | San Diego | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Stevenson Ranch | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 25, 2025 |
| May 20, 2024 | Carlsbad | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $32,300 | $18,600 | Oct 31, 2024 |
| May 2, 2024 | Glendale | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Aug 24, 2023 | Fresno | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 14, 2023 |
| Nov 22, 2022 | Huntington Beach | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | May 15, 2023 |
| Oct 25, 2022 | Garden Grove | Planned | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,560 | $2,850 | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Corona | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $7,430 | $960 | Aug 3, 2023 |
| Mar 17, 2022 | Fresno | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 18, 2022 |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Oakhurst | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,425 | $1,425 | Sep 1, 2022 |
| Aug 25, 2021 | Palm Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 12, 2022 |
| Aug 9, 2021 | Victorville | Accident | 1 citation | $1,200 | $1,200 | Oct 27, 2021 |
| Jul 7, 2021 | Covina | Accident | 2 citations | $1,000 | $1,000 | Apr 11, 2022 |
| Dec 18, 2020 | Burbank | Referral | 1 citation | $13,500 | $3,000 | May 17, 2024 |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Simi Valley | Complaint | 4 citations 2 serious | $27,560 | $27,560 | Oct 12, 2021 |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Arcadia | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 5, 2023 |
| Nov 6, 2020 | Burbank | Complaint | 1 citation | $3,825 | 0 | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Sep 7, 2020 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Apr 27, 2020 | Inglewood | Accident | 2 citations | $5,315 | $5,315 | Jun 10, 2021 |
| Sep 2, 2016 | West Hills | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $1,310 | $1,310 | Feb 16, 2017 |
| Jun 23, 2016 | Pasadena | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,950 | $1,580 | Nov 14, 2017 |
| May 9, 2012 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 26, 2012 |
| Oct 7, 2009 | Glendale | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 10, 2009 |
| Aug 24, 2005 | Santa Fe Springs | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 27, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Vons Companies Inc; Vons Companies Inc dba Vons A Safeway Company; The Vons Companies Inc; The Vons Companies Inc.; Vons Companies, Inc.; The Vons Companies Inc; The Vons Companies.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $860
- 8 CCR 3205, COVID-19 prevention (expired): 3 citations, 2 serious, $30,000
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $19,235
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $1,270
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $635
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 5185: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Simi Valley employment lawyer, San Diego 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 Vons 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.