American President Lines (Apl) safety record at a glance
American President Lines (Apl) has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 19, 2000 and May 18, 2005. 4 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $24,285 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,585. The largest single penalty, $5,000, came from an inspection opened Oct 27, 2004 in Oakland. That places the employer at #16,768 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Terminal Island, Oakland, Oakalnd.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2005 | Terminal Island | Accident | 1 citation | $18,000 | $2,300 | Jul 29, 2015 |
| Oct 27, 2004 | Oakland | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 10, 2005 |
| Nov 19, 2002 | Terminal Island | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 15, 2004 |
| Nov 19, 2002 | Terminal Island | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 30, 2003 |
| Aug 15, 2002 | Terminal Island | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 15, 2003 |
| Mar 5, 2002 | Terminal Island | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 27, 2002 |
| Oct 4, 2001 | Terminal Island | Follow-up | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jul 31, 2002 |
| Aug 17, 2001 | Terminal Island | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 20, 2002 |
| Apr 19, 2001 | Terminal Island | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 5, 2001 |
| Dec 6, 2000 | Terminal Island | Complaint | 1 citation | $400 | $400 | Jan 29, 2002 |
| Dec 6, 2000 | Terminal Island | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 1, 2001 |
| Jul 19, 2000 | Terminal Island | Complaint | 3 citations | $885 | $885 | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Jan 19, 2000 | Oakalnd | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Feb 15, 2000 |
Also recorded as: American President Lines; American President Lines dba Eagle Marine Services.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4650: 2 citations, $700
- 8 CCR 3475: 2 citations, $400
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 4991: 1 citation, $2,300
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 1918.22: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland 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 American President Lines (Apl)
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.