Since 2004, OSHA inspectors have visited Kerry Inc. in California 8 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Mar 15, 2022 after a complaint, in Union City.
In all, OSHA issued 26 citation items: 14 serious and 12 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $95,485; today they stand at $60,230, 37% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,874 penalty. Kerry Inc. averages $7,186 across 5 cited inspections.
Kerry Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 343697702 OPENED JAN 7, 2019Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 90 employees at the site · Closed Oct 21, 2019
33063 Western Avenue, Union City, CA 94587 · Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 19, 2018: Employee is caught in machine, fractures arm and wrist
At 2:20 p.m. on December 19, 2018, an employee was drying a conveyor belt with a towel. The employee dropped a towel inside the rollers of a conveyor belt and her arm got caught in between the belt and the rollers up to her elbow. Her right arm was fractured in two places and her right wrist was fractured as well. well.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 3314(C) |
Other-than-serious | $16,875 | $1,125 | May 31, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 4002(A) |
Serious | $16,875 | $16,875 | May 31, 2019 | Final |
Inspection 342339405 OPENED MAY 18, 2017Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 48 employees at the site · Closed Dec 11, 2017
64405 Lincoln Street, Mecca, CA 92254 · Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on May 10, 2017: Employee falls from ladder and fractures leg
At 11:39 p.m. on May 10, 2017, an employee was standing on a platform using a bucket to pour food contact sanitizer into the puffer machine. Hot water started spraying from the puffer machine and the employee quickly exited the platform by the way of the platform's ladder. As the employee was coming down the ladder he miss a step causing him to fall approximately 3 to 4 feet onto the cement floor. He fractured his left leg and burn to his back.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 3210(B) |
Other-than-serious | $1,125 | $1,125 | Nov 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 3395(I) |
Other-than-serious | $1,125 | $1,125 | Nov 2, 2017 | Final |
Inspection 312361173 OPENED AUG 19, 2010Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 130 employees at the site · Closed Aug 31, 2010
33063 Western Ave, Union City, CA 94587 · All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Commerce site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 43 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.0 for its industry.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
