Air Products and Chemicals Inc safety record at a glance
Air Products and Chemicals Inc has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 1, 2001 and Oct 21, 2026. 5 of them were planned inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $52,825 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $14,035. The largest single penalty, $5,875, came from an inspection opened Jun 28, 2006 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #11,098 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade; Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. Worksites in Torrance, Carson, Wilmington, Santa Clara, Vernon, Los Angeles, San Jose.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | Torrance | Complaint | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Carson | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Torrance | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $2,080 $9,055 proposed | open |
| May 5, 2022 | Torrance | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $3,185 $14,435 proposed | Aug 18, 2025 |
| Feb 2, 2021 | Wilmington | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Jun 2, 2019 | Santa Clara | Referral | 1 citation | $500 | Mar 16, 2020 |
| Aug 5, 2016 | Vernon | Accident | 1 citation | $560 | Aug 16, 2017 |
| May 1, 2012 | Santa Clara | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 16, 2012 |
| Apr 7, 2011 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | $0 | May 4, 2011 |
| May 14, 2009 | Wilmington | Planned | 1 citation | $375 | Nov 14, 2014 |
| Jun 26, 2008 | San Jose | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $150 | Apr 20, 2009 |
| May 10, 2007 | Los Angeles | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | May 14, 2007 |
| Jun 28, 2006 | Los Angeles | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $5,875 $19,440 proposed | Dec 9, 2008 |
| Jun 17, 2005 | Los Angeles | Planned | 7 citations | $1,310 $8,435 proposed | Oct 1, 2008 |
| Nov 4, 2002 | Carson | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Feb 24, 2003 |
| Jun 1, 2001 | Carson | Planned | no citations | $0 | Dec 10, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Air Products & Chemicals Inc; Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.; Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Air Products & Chemicals; Air Products and Chemicals; Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5217, Formaldehyde: 6 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $5,875
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $1,085
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3220, Emergency action plan: 1 citation, $2,250
- 8 CCR 3329, Machinery, operating procedures: 1 citation, $1,125
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 1 citation, $505
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Torrance employment lawyer, Carson 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 Air Products and Chemicals 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.