United Natural Foods, Inc. safety record at a glance
United Natural Foods, Inc. has been the subject of 39 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 14, 2005 and Oct 23, 2026. 22 of them were complaint inspections. 18 of them produced citations, 41 in all: 10 serious. Inspectors proposed $197,550 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $113,085. The largest single penalty, $24,920, came from an inspection opened Jul 14, 2022 in Riverside. That places the employer at #339 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Gilroy, Moreno Valley, Riverside, Stockton, Santa Fe Springs, West Sacramento, Rocklin, Commerce.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | Gilroy | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Moreno Valley | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,100 | open |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Riverside | Complaint | 2 citations | $465 | open |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 13, 2026 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Feb 18, 2026 |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Santa Fe Springs | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| May 6, 2025 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 15, 2025 |
| May 1, 2025 | Riverside | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 23, 2025 |
| May 1, 2025 | Riverside | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 23, 2025 |
| Apr 22, 2025 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jul 30, 2025 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Stockton | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 11, 2025 |
| Oct 1, 2024 | Stockton | Accident | 2 citations | $5,465 | open |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $560 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Jul 25, 2024 | Stockton | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $10,060 | open |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Stockton | Complaint | 2 citations | $950 | Sep 16, 2024 |
| May 29, 2024 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 19, 2024 |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Santa Fe Springs | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 17, 2024 |
| Jul 5, 2023 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $315 | Dec 18, 2023 |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 19, 2023 |
| Apr 17, 2023 | Stockton | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | Sep 25, 2023 |
| Jan 25, 2023 | West Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $3,250 $5,000 proposed | Nov 4, 2024 |
| Dec 12, 2022 | Rocklin | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $23,300 $23,420 proposed | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 18, 2023 |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Gilroy | Accident | 1 citation | $800 | Feb 3, 2025 |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Riverside | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $10,185 $19,200 proposed | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Jul 14, 2022 | Riverside | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $24,920 $57,585 proposed | open |
| Jul 11, 2022 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Stockton | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Jan 21, 2022 | Commerce | Complaint | no citations | $0 | May 31, 2022 |
| Dec 4, 2020 | Rocklin | Accident | 1 citation | $4,725 $7,650 proposed | Feb 3, 2023 |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Riverside | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 8, 2022 |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Moreno Valley | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Feb 12, 2020 | Yuba City | Planned | 8 citations 4 serious | $10,590 $14,430 proposed | Mar 14, 2023 |
| Aug 31, 2017 | Mountain View | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $10,800 $18,000 proposed | Oct 22, 2018 |
| Dec 8, 2008 | Moreno Valley | Accident | 2 citations | $300 $1,500 proposed | Sep 19, 2015 |
| Jun 19, 2007 | Fontana | Accident | 3 citations | $4,000 $29,750 proposed | Apr 26, 2011 |
| Dec 14, 2005 | Rocklin | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 19, 2006 |
Also recorded as: United Natural Foods, Inc; United Natural Foods Inc; United Natural Foods Inc (Unfi); United Natural Foods Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 8 citations, 3 serious, $34,610
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 5 citations, $19,250
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 4 citations, 2 serious, $24,920
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 4 citations, 1 serious, $280
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 3 citations, $650
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, 1 serious, $10,985
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $5,190
- 8 CCR 5185, Changing and Charging Storage Batteries: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Moreno Valley employment lawyer, Riverside 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 United Natural Foods, 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.