Greka Energy safety record at a glance
Greka Energy has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 18, 2002 and Oct 7, 2016. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 60 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $62,800 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $59,725. The largest single penalty, $38,250, came from an inspection opened Apr 18, 2002 in Santa Maria. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #1,108 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Construction. Worksites in Santa Maria, Los Olivos, Casmalia.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2016 | Santa Maria | Complaint | 9 citations | $4,620 | Sep 8, 2017 |
| Aug 13, 2007 | Santa Maria | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Oct 5, 2007 |
| Dec 12, 2005 | Los Olivos | Accident | 3 citations | $935 | Jul 10, 2008 |
| Oct 12, 2004 | Santa Maria | Accident | no citations | $0 | Mar 8, 2005 |
| Jun 18, 2004 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | open |
| Nov 12, 2003 | Santa Maria | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 27, 2004 |
| Oct 24, 2003 | Santa Maria | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Dec 9, 2003 |
| Apr 7, 2003 | Santa Maria | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $150 $225 proposed | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Aug 28, 2002 | Santa Maria | Complaint | 9 citations | $2,615 $5,615 proposed | Jun 13, 2006 |
| Jun 4, 2002 | Santa Maria | Complaint | 19 citations | $5,130 | Dec 9, 2002 |
| May 3, 2002 | Casmalia | Complaint | 7 citations 1 serious | $7,425 | Aug 13, 2004 |
| Apr 18, 2002 | Santa Maria | Accident | death 11 citations 2 serious | $38,250 | Sep 1, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Greka Energy dba Santa Maria Refining Company.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 7 citations, 1 serious, $7,535
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 6 citations, $1,490
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $1,310
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 3 citations, $785
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, $745
- 8 CCR 6521: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,225
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $1,270
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $880
Accidents investigated
Local pages: 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. 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 Greka Energy
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.