Coca Cola Bottling Company safety record at a glance
Coca Cola Bottling Company has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 4, 2000 and Jan 13, 2011. 9 of them were complaint inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $70,150 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $23,690. The largest single penalty, $7,350, came from an inspection opened Jan 4, 2000 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #5,174 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: Wholesale Trade; Manufacturing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Rodeo, Modesto, Downey, Lancaster, Sylmar, Los Angeles, Redding.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2011 | Rodeo | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 8, 2011 |
| Jan 12, 2006 | Modesto | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 9, 2006 |
| Mar 2, 2005 | Downey | Complaint | 1 citation | $525 | $525 | Oct 3, 2006 |
| Aug 26, 2004 | Lancaster | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 | $370 | Jul 3, 2006 |
| Aug 6, 2004 | Sylmar | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2004 |
| May 4, 2004 | Downey | Complaint | 5 citations 4 serious | $22,750 | $4,965 | Sep 16, 2006 |
| Oct 23, 2002 | Los Angeles | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $7,030 | $7,030 | May 19, 2003 |
| Mar 18, 2002 | Downey | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $20,625 | $3,450 | Oct 24, 2002 |
| Jun 7, 2001 | Redding | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 28, 2001 |
| Aug 23, 2000 | Downey | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 23, 2000 |
| Jul 21, 2000 | Los Angeles | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 16, 2001 |
| Jan 4, 2000 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 4 citations 2 serious | $18,850 | $7,350 | Sep 21, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Coca Cola Bottling; Coca Cola Bottling CO; Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $825
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,825
- 8 CCR 3279: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $700
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $380
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Modesto employment lawyer, Downey 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 Coca Cola Bottling Company
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.