Trader Joe's Company safety record at a glance
Trader Joe's Company has been the subject of 45 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 5, 2001 and Sep 16, 2026. 17 of them were complaint inspections. 28 of them produced citations, 63 in all: 9 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $82,700 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $52,205. The largest single penalty, $5,850, came from an inspection opened Nov 15, 2022 in Torrance. That places the employer at #1,370 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Palmdale, Vista, Sunnyvale, Elk Grove, Ventura, Sherman Oaks, Monterey, Los Angeles.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Palmdale | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Vista | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Sunnyvale | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| May 13, 2026 | Elk Grove | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Ventura | Complaint | 2 citations 1 repeat | $3,425 | $3,425 | open |
| Jul 3, 2024 | Sherman Oaks | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Monterey | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2024 |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Los Angeles | Planned | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Jan 22, 2024 |
| Jun 20, 2023 | Woodland Hills | Planned | 2 citations | $560 | $300 | Nov 3, 2023 |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Pasadena | Accident | 2 citations | $5,750 | $3,335 | open |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Monrovia | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2023 |
| Dec 19, 2022 | South Pasadena | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,435 | $2,700 | May 8, 2023 |
| Dec 8, 2022 | Huntington Beach | Planned | 2 citations | $320 | $250 | Aug 31, 2023 |
| Dec 6, 2022 | Aliso Viejo | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 1, 2023 |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Orange | Planned | 3 citations | $840 | $450 | May 8, 2023 |
| Nov 15, 2022 | Torrance | Planned | 5 citations 2 serious | $7,495 | $5,850 | May 8, 2023 |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Pleasanton | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $11,055 | $4,800 | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Aug 4, 2022 | Los Angeles | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $7,960 | $3,300 | May 8, 2023 |
| Aug 3, 2022 | Los Angeles | Planned | 1 citation | $210 | $150 | May 8, 2023 |
| Jun 21, 2022 | Long Beach | Planned | 2 citations | $560 | $300 | May 19, 2023 |
| Jun 21, 2022 | Culver City | Planned | 1 citation | $280 | $150 | May 8, 2023 |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Santa Cruz | Planned | 6 citations 1 serious | $5,985 | $3,300 | Sep 21, 2022 |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Oceanside | Planned | 4 citations 2 serious | $7,215 | $3,270 | Aug 30, 2022 |
| Sep 14, 2021 | Sherman Oaks | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $4,395 | $3,100 | Jan 24, 2023 |
| Jul 15, 2021 | Corona | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 17, 2021 |
| Sep 6, 2020 | Sherman Oaks | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 3, 2021 |
| Jul 15, 2020 | Irvine | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 15, 2020 |
| Jun 29, 2015 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $225 | Aug 12, 2015 |
| Jan 14, 2015 | Costa Mesa | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2015 |
| Mar 8, 2013 | Los Altos | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 19, 2013 |
| Jan 22, 2013 | Chino Hills | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Jan 2, 2013 | Eagle Rock | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Apr 13, 2013 |
| Jun 4, 2012 | Alameda | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,310 | $1,310 | Aug 23, 2012 |
| Jun 16, 2010 | Whittier | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2010 |
| Mar 23, 2010 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Dec 31, 2010 |
| Oct 7, 2009 | Oakland | Complaint | 3 citations | $555 | $555 | Dec 21, 2009 |
| Jun 2, 2009 | Alameda | Complaint | 2 citations | $655 | $375 | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Jun 25, 2008 | Templeton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 29, 2008 |
| Nov 29, 2007 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| May 15, 2007 | Pleasanton | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | $300 | Oct 15, 2007 |
| Apr 14, 2006 | Cerritos | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| May 20, 2004 | Costa Mesa | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 25, 2004 |
| Jul 2, 2003 | Lafayette | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 15, 2003 |
| Mar 28, 2003 | San Francisco | Complaint | 4 citations | $2,710 | $2,710 | Jun 27, 2008 |
| Sep 5, 2001 | Santa Rosa | Complaint | 1 citation | $220 | $220 | Oct 30, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Trader Joe's; Trader Joe's; Trader Joe's Company dba Trader Joe's; Trader Joe's; Trader Joe?s Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 11 citations, $5,145
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 7 citations, $1,085
- 8 CCR 5185: 5 citations, 5 serious, $14,850
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 5 citations, $820
- 8 CCR 3249: 4 citations, 1 serious, $3,310
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $13,000
- 8 CCR 4353: 3 citations, 2 serious, $5,960
- 8 CCR 5110: 3 citations, $2,335
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Palmdale employment lawyer, Vista employment lawyer, Sunnyvale 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 Trader Joe's Company
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.