Ball Corporation safety record at a glance
Ball Corporation has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 19, 2002 and Jan 23, 2017. 5 of them were accident inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $87,340 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $54,400. The largest single penalty, $18,900, came from an inspection opened Apr 19, 2002 in Fairfield. That places the employer at #1,282 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Fairfield, Commerce, Torrance, Oakdale.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2017 | Fairfield | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $36,525 | $18,525 | Sep 12, 2019 |
| Mar 1, 2012 | Fairfield | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $22,500 | $13,000 | Feb 12, 2013 |
| May 23, 2007 | Commerce | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,540 | $600 | Dec 19, 2008 |
| May 17, 2006 | Torrance | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 9, 2006 |
| Oct 4, 2005 | Torrance | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,375 | $3,375 | Sep 13, 2010 |
| Jun 17, 2005 | Torrance | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 2, 2005 |
| Jun 16, 2005 | Oakdale | Programmed other | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 22, 2005 |
| Apr 12, 2005 | Fairfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 17, 2005 |
| Apr 19, 2002 | Fairfield | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $23,400 | $18,900 | May 24, 2005 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 2 serious, $32,125
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4353: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 2510.56: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 2500.25: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $150
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fairfield employment lawyer, Torrance 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 Ball Corporation
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.