Apple Inc. safety record at a glance
Apple Inc. has been the subject of 20 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 26, 2007 and Jan 29, 2026. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 23 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $98,640 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $98,640. The largest single penalty, $49,635, came from an inspection opened Jan 29, 2026 in Santa Clara. That places the employer at #460 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 15 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 5 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Information; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Santa Clara, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Elk Grove, Sherman Oaks, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Emeryville.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2026 | Santa Clara | Accident | 4 citations 3 serious | $49,635 | $49,635 | open |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Los Angeles | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $31,870 | $31,870 | open |
| Jan 9, 2025 | Santa Clara | Referral | 1 citation | $2,500 | $2,500 | Mar 24, 2025 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | San Francisco | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Elk Grove | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 7, 2024 |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Elk Grove | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Dec 26, 2023 |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Sherman Oaks | Accident | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Sep 26, 2022 |
| Sep 27, 2018 | Cupertino | Accident | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2018 |
| Jul 9, 2018 | Sunnyvale | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Oct 8, 2018 |
| Feb 26, 2014 | Cupertino | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 4, 2014 |
| Jan 16, 2013 | Cupertino | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 22, 2013 |
| Nov 19, 2012 | Sherman Oaks | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 30, 2013 |
| Aug 6, 2012 | Emeryville | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,495 | $1,495 | Apr 29, 2013 |
| Dec 22, 2010 | Corte Madera | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 28, 2011 |
| Oct 1, 2010 | Pasadena | Complaint | 2 citations | $655 | $655 | Jan 12, 2011 |
| Aug 19, 2010 | Elk Grove | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 26, 2010 |
| Jul 19, 2010 | Rancho Cucamonga | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,305 | $1,305 | open |
| May 20, 2008 | Pleasanton | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 29, 2008 |
| May 6, 2008 | Elk Grove | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 13, 2008 |
| Jul 26, 2007 | San Francisco | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Dec 31, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Apple, Inc.; Apple Inc; Apple, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 5 citations, 2 serious, $32,395
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 3 citations, $12,500
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 5142: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 2320.2, Electrical, work on energized equipment: 1 citation, 1 serious, $22,500
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 2320.1: 1 citation, 1 serious, $8,435
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $700
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Clara employment lawyer, Los Angeles employment lawyer, San Francisco 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 Apple 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 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.