Unified Grocers Inc safety record at a glance
Unified Grocers Inc has been the subject of 20 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 9, 2000 and Jul 18, 2018. 11 of them were accident inspections. 14 of them produced citations, 51 in all: 9 serious. Inspectors proposed $104,365 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $82,745. The largest single penalty, $41,515, came from an inspection opened Sep 24, 2012 in Commerce. That places the employer at #626 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Commerce, Stockton, Fresno, Livermore, Santa Fe Springs, Los Angeles.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2018 | Commerce | Complaint | 3 citations | $750 $2,525 proposed | Jul 24, 2019 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | Commerce | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 5, 2016 |
| Jun 2, 2016 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $400 | Sep 27, 2016 |
| Dec 27, 2012 | Stockton | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jan 14, 2013 |
| Sep 24, 2012 | Commerce | Accident | 13 citations 4 serious | $41,515 | May 11, 2015 |
| Sep 24, 2012 | Commerce | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Jun 18, 2015 |
| Mar 27, 2012 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 28, 2012 |
| Dec 7, 2011 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 | Dec 12, 2011 |
| Jul 15, 2011 | Livermore | Complaint | 1 citation | $560 | Oct 6, 2011 |
| Jun 1, 2011 | Santa Fe Springs | Accident | 3 citations | $2,550 | Nov 12, 2011 |
| Apr 29, 2010 | Fresno | Complaint | 2 citations | $435 | Aug 2, 2010 |
| Dec 21, 2009 | Santa Fe Springs | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,850 | Sep 16, 2010 |
| Feb 24, 2009 | Santa Fe Springs | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | Jun 10, 2009 |
| Jan 15, 2009 | Stockton | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,300 $8,250 proposed | Jan 13, 2011 |
| Nov 18, 2008 | Commerce | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Nov 18, 2008 |
| Oct 21, 2008 | Commerce | Accident | no citations | $0 | Dec 18, 2008 |
| Apr 16, 2008 | Los Angeles | Accident | 7 citations 1 serious | $3,335 $7,170 proposed | Sep 10, 2015 |
| Apr 2, 2008 | Stockton | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 16, 2008 |
| Jul 21, 2003 | Commerce | Complaint | 4 citations | $810 $4,000 proposed | Jan 28, 2009 |
| Aug 9, 2000 | Commerce | Complaint | 10 citations 1 serious | $4,490 $12,360 proposed | Feb 13, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Unified Grocers; Unified Grocers Inc.; Unified Grocers, Inc.; Unified Grocers, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 5 citations, 2 serious, $29,950
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, $1,085
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 4 citations, $2,375
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 3 citations, $1,400
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,335
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 3 citations, $885
- 8 CCR 2340.17, Guarding of Energized Parts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,935
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $5,400
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer, Fresno 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Unified Grocers 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 4, 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.