Dow Chemical Company safety record at a glance
Dow Chemical Company has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 23, 2001 and Aug 12, 2026. 6 of them were accident inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $60,365 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $42,365. The largest single penalty, $18,600, came from an inspection opened Aug 20, 2015 in Pittsburg. That places the employer at #2,031 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Wholesale Trade; Manufacturing. Worksites in Hayward, Pittsburg, Torrance, Tracy.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Hayward | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jan 17, 2018 | Hayward | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 29, 2018 |
| Aug 20, 2015 | Pittsburg | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $36,600 | $18,600 | Jan 7, 2016 |
| Feb 14, 2014 | Pittsburg | Unprogrammed related | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Sep 8, 2014 |
| Jan 5, 2012 | Pittsburg | Accident | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2012 |
| Jan 10, 2011 | Pittsburg | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 28, 2011 |
| Mar 25, 2009 | Torrance | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 29, 2009 |
| Dec 15, 2008 | Pittsburg | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Mar 1, 2009 |
| Dec 13, 2007 | Pittsburg | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 28, 2007 |
| Apr 3, 2007 | Torrance | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 11, 2007 |
| Jun 30, 2005 | Pittsburg | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Apr 21, 2006 |
| Oct 1, 2003 | Pittsburg | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $2,840 | $2,840 | Jun 17, 2005 |
| May 13, 2003 | Pittsburg | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 19, 2003 |
| Mar 4, 2003 | Tracy | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,475 | $2,475 | Aug 1, 2006 |
| Dec 12, 2002 | Pittsburg | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Sep 17, 2001 | Torrance | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 2, 2001 |
| May 23, 2001 | Pittsburg | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Dow Chemical; The Dow Chemical Company; Dow Chemical Company dba Ucar Emulsion Systems; The Dow Chemical Company, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 2 serious, $20,925
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 3 citations, 1 serious, $2,840
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 5189: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3329, Machinery, operating procedures: 1 citation, 1 serious
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Hayward 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 Dow Chemical 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.