California Resources Corporation safety record at a glance
California Resources Corporation has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 6, 2018 and Sep 18, 2025. 6 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $43,875 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $32,625. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 28, 2024 in Taft. That places the employer at #3,087 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 14 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Tupman, Taft, Bakersfield.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2025 | Tupman | Unprogrammed related | 9 citations 1 serious | $14,625 $25,875 proposed | May 20, 2026 |
| Jun 19, 2025 | Tupman | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Dec 23, 2025 |
| May 15, 2024 | Taft | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Apr 24, 2024 | Taft | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Aug 22, 2024 |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Taft | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Jan 7, 2025 |
| Nov 6, 2018 | Bakersfield | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 7, 2019 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4300.32: 4 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $1,500
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 6507, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $4,500
- 8 CCR 4300.40: 1 citation, $375
Local pages: Bakersfield 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 California Resources 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 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.