Unified Western Grocers, Inc. safety record at a glance
Unified Western Grocers, Inc. has been the subject of 22 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 20, 2000 and Apr 24, 2009. 10 of them were complaint inspections. 12 of them produced citations, 29 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $76,135 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $51,985. The largest single penalty, $23,000, came from an inspection opened Dec 27, 2004 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #1,382 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Wholesale Trade; Retail Trade. Worksites in Santa Fe Springs, Fresno, Stockton, Commerce, Los Angeles.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2009 | Santa Fe Springs | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Sep 26, 2009 |
| Apr 3, 2007 | Fresno | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,070 | $1,070 | Jul 13, 2007 |
| Dec 12, 2006 | Stockton | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 24, 2007 |
| Nov 7, 2006 | Commerce | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Jun 5, 2007 |
| Sep 28, 2006 | Commerce | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2006 |
| Jun 29, 2006 | Santa Fe Springs | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,055 | $2,055 | Nov 21, 2008 |
| Apr 11, 2006 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 11, 2006 |
| Jan 9, 2006 | Santa Fe Springs | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 14, 2006 |
| Dec 21, 2005 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 10, 2006 |
| Dec 27, 2004 | Los Angeles | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $28,250 | $23,000 | Oct 13, 2006 |
| Feb 9, 2004 | Commerce | Accident | 2 citations 2 serious | $29,250 | $18,270 | Jul 5, 2006 |
| Nov 7, 2003 | Commerce | Accident | 3 citations | $2,200 | $1,300 | Jul 5, 2006 |
| Oct 2, 2003 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 24, 2004 |
| Mar 26, 2003 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $935 | 0 | Nov 20, 2003 |
| Dec 23, 2002 | Santa Fe Springs | Accident | 1 citation | $400 | $400 | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Dec 23, 2002 | Santa Fe Springs | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 27, 2002 |
| Mar 14, 2002 | Commerce | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 29, 2002 |
| Jun 25, 2001 | Commerce | Complaint | 1 citation | $635 | $635 | Jun 23, 2005 |
| Feb 20, 2001 | Santa Fe Springs | Complaint | 5 citations 1 serious | $9,275 | $3,450 | May 15, 2003 |
| Jan 18, 2001 | Commerce | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 17, 2002 |
| Dec 26, 2000 | Commerce | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Apr 20, 2000 | Los Angeles | Planned | 3 citations | $1,485 | $1,225 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Unified Western Grocers Inc; Unified Western Grocers.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $1,260
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, $800
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $5,400
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $975
- 8 CCR 3578: 2 citations, $570
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $185
- 8 CCR 2320.2, Electrical, work on energized equipment: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4545: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fresno employment lawyer, Stockton 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 Unified Western 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 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.