Coca Cola Bottling Company of Southern California safety record at a glance
Coca Cola Bottling Company of Southern California has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 9, 2002 and Oct 19, 2010. 3 of them were planned inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $23,220 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,045. The largest single penalty, $10,395, came from an inspection opened May 9, 2002 in Los Angeles. That places the employer at #12,909 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in San Diego, Santa Maria, Ventura, Bakersfield, Los Angeles.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2010 | San Diego | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | May 3, 2011 |
| Jul 23, 2009 | Santa Maria | Planned | 1 citation | $3,375 | $375 | Apr 13, 2010 |
| Jun 23, 2009 | Ventura | Planned | 2 citations | $6,750 | $750 | May 26, 2010 |
| Jun 12, 2009 | Bakersfield | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | $150 | Dec 14, 2009 |
| Apr 18, 2008 | Los Angeles | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 23, 2009 |
| May 9, 2002 | Los Angeles | Accident | 7 citations 3 serious | $12,420 | $10,395 | Sep 13, 2010 |
Also recorded as: Coca Cola Bottling of Southern California.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 2 citations, $420
- 8 CCR 4070: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 4310: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2320.2, Electrical, work on energized equipment: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3209: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: San Diego employment lawyer, Santa Maria 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 of Southern California
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.