Thrifty Payless, Inc. safety record at a glance
Thrifty Payless, Inc. has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 17, 2005 and Nov 9, 2023. 13 of them were complaint inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 32 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $64,925 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $49,500. The largest single penalty, $23,740, came from an inspection opened Feb 24, 2009 in Los Angeles. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,516 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in El Monte, Alta Loma, Madera, Fresno, Lancaster, Santa Barbara, La Puente, South Lake Tahoe.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2023 | El Monte | Planned | 13 citations 2 serious | $14,240 | $14,240 | Jun 6, 2024 |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Alta Loma | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 21, 2024 |
| Jun 8, 2023 | El Monte | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2023 |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Madera | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,200 | $600 | Sep 11, 2023 |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $250 | $250 | Jan 9, 2023 |
| Jul 25, 2022 | Lancaster | Complaint | 1 citation | $9,000 | $1,500 | open |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 21, 2021 |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Lancaster | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,870 | $1,870 | open |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Santa Barbara | Complaint | 3 citations | $980 | $785 | Jan 31, 2022 |
| Oct 16, 2020 | La Puente | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 2, 2021 |
| Dec 10, 2019 | South Lake Tahoe | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2020 |
| Aug 20, 2018 | Lancaster | Fatality or catastrophe | death 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Oct 4, 2019 |
| Jul 30, 2018 | Lancaster | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Oct 4, 2019 |
| Nov 1, 2016 | Castro Valley | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,215 | $1,215 | May 26, 2017 |
| May 8, 2015 | Ventura | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | 0 | Jul 7, 2015 |
| Aug 29, 2013 | Woodland | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Feb 24, 2009 | Los Angeles | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $30,310 | $23,740 | May 22, 2009 |
| Aug 23, 2006 | Mount Shasta | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 30, 2006 |
| Oct 17, 2005 | Yreka | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 23, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Thrifty Payless Inc; Thrifty Payless Inc dba Rite Aid Corp; Thrifty Payless Inc dba Rite Aid Corp; Thrifty Payless dba Rite Aid; Thrifty Payless; Thrifty Payless Inc.; Thrifty Payless, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 7 citations, $3,690
- 8 CCR 5189: 4 citations, $2,060
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 3 citations, $835
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,935
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $10,000
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,050
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: El Monte 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 Thrifty Payless, 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.