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SEE'S CANDIES, INC.

210 EL CAMINO REAL, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94080
Operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · 1 of 1,594 establishments
311352Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate

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OSHA inspections
15
over 52 years
Violations
55
$40,630 in penalties
Penalties
$40,630
$739 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 hospitalizations

Summary

SEE'S CANDIES, INC. has accumulated 55 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $40,630 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 147 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

SEE'S CANDIES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, NLRB labor relations, and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
15
0.3 / yr · last 52 yrs
Violations
55
1.1 / yr
Penalties
$40,630
$739 avg / violation
20% serious80% other
Inspection trigger · accident
7 of 15
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 15

73% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 7 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 23 citations in this view · $40,120 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
3314 C0121$750Mar 2008Mar 2008
342 A22$300Dec 1990Oct 1998
330822$270Dec 1990Dec 2005
3203(A)(7)11$18,000Oct 2015Oct 2015
3212(A)(2)(A)11$2,700Feb 2022Feb 2022
3314(C)11$2,700Oct 2015Oct 2015
4184 A11$2,700Mar 2008Mar 2008
4070 A11$2,700Dec 2005Dec 2005
4050 A11$2,700Dec 2005Dec 2005
3650 S11$2,700Aug 2002Aug 2002
460(A)11$600Oct 2015Oct 2015
3578 G11$600Dec 2005Dec 2005
5185 L11$600Dec 2005Dec 2005
4002 A11$540Dec 2005Dec 2005
3203(A)(4)11$450Apr 2023Apr 2023
3249(C)11$450Feb 2022Feb 2022
5162(E)11$450Feb 2022Feb 2022
3380 A11$350Dec 1990Dec 1990
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$320Mar 1988Mar 1988
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211$240Mar 1988Mar 1988

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3113 within CA. Peer group: 147 employers. This establishment has 55 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $3,150
Inspection frequency
98th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
7.1
vs industry
+5.0
TRIR
7.1
vs industry
+4.2

Reported for 108 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
7.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
5
Complaint
3
Accident
7

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for SEE'S CANDIES, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Nov 28, 2007FINGER,CLEANING,ROLLER--MACH/PART,LACERATION,POINT OF OPERATION,NIP POINT,UNGUARDED11
Feb 19, 2002FRACTURE,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,LEG11
Feb 20, 1998ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,EXTENSION HANDLE,CONVEYOR BELT,HAND1
Dec 5, 1990BURN,PROTECTIVE CLOTHING,WORK RULES,ARM,HAND,HIGH TEMPERATURE1

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
3 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$0

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 3,500 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jun 201813,500

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 2 cases · 3,500 violations · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2018 – Jun 2018Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao BeansFMLA3,5000
Apr 2016 – Apr 2018Other Snack Food Manufacturing0

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SEE'S CANDIES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in CA — for BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, not this location alone

Total cases
4
Unfair labor practice
4

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 4 cases · 4 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
21-CA-383397Unfair labor practiceMar 2026Apr 2026ClosedRegion 21, Los Angeles, California
21-CA-369928Unfair labor practiceJul 2025Feb 2026ClosedRegion 21, Los Angeles, California
20-CA-034851Unfair labor practiceJan 2010Jan 2010ClosedRegion 20, San Francisco, California
20-CA-029273Unfair labor practiceAug 1999Mar 2000ClosedRegion 20, San Francisco, California

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
3
Certified
3
Avg wage ratio
1.06x
H-1BE-3 Australian

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SEE'S CANDIES, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
SEE'S CANDIES, INC
210 EL CAMINO REAL · SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94080
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for SEE'S CANDIES, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (across 177 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$599.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$5.5B
Awards (all-time)
27,649

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-10-25Accident1$450
2021-11-18Planned31$3,600
2015-04-14Accident32$21,300
2011-01-13Complaint0$0
2008-02-01Accident31$3,450
2005-10-11Planned0$0
2005-10-03Planned83$7,710
2002-03-13Accident11$2,700
2001-11-27Accident0$0
1998-04-16Accident2$450
1990-12-07Accident51$350
1990-07-25Complaint0$0
1990-07-25Complaint3$0
1988-02-19Planned182$560
1973-07-03Planned8$60

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SEE'S CANDIES, INC. is one of 1,594 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC across all 1,594 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SEE'S CANDIES, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, which operates 1,594 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is SEE'S CANDIES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
SEE'S CANDIES, INC. has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 55 violations and $40,630 in total penalties.
How does SEE'S CANDIES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
SEE'S CANDIES, INC. operates in the confectionery manufacturing from purchased chocolate industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.9. SEE'S CANDIES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 7.13 compared to an industry average of 2.1.