Unifirst Corporation safety record at a glance
Unifirst Corporation has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 6, 2008 and Oct 7, 2025. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $16,635 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $10,905. The largest single penalty, $4,455, came from an inspection opened Sep 1, 2011 in Stockton. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #14,272 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Stockton, Brentwood, Hayward.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2025 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2023 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $5,620 | $3,450 | May 28, 2024 |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Brentwood | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 29, 2024 |
| Sep 1, 2011 | Stockton | Planned | 4 citations 1 serious | $4,455 | $4,455 | Jan 27, 2012 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | Hayward | Complaint | 10 citations | $6,560 | $3,000 | Jul 11, 2011 |
| Nov 4, 2009 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 3, 2009 |
| Apr 15, 2009 | Hayward | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 4, 2009 |
| May 6, 2008 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 16, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Unifirst Corp.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 3 citations, $630
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $3,450
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,825
- 8 CCR 3220, Emergency action plan: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3221, Fire prevention plan: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $300
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Stockton employment lawyer, Hayward 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 Unifirst Corporation
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.