Occidental of Elk Hills, Inc. safety record at a glance
Occidental of Elk Hills, Inc. has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 7, 2007 and Feb 10, 2014. 3 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 7 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $48,925 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $54,115. The largest single penalty, $35,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 7, 2007 in Tupman. That places the employer at #1,291 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Utilities; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Tupman, Buttonwillow.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2014 | Tupman | Accident | 5 citations | $1,115 | $1,115 | Jun 19, 2014 |
| Sep 16, 2013 | Tupman | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 3, 2013 |
| Jun 27, 2013 | Tupman | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 10, 2013 |
| Feb 17, 2010 | Buttonwillow | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $39,375 | $18,000 | Jun 27, 2011 |
| Feb 7, 2007 | Tupman | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $8,435 | $35,000 | Jun 29, 2007 |
Also recorded as: Occidental of Elk Hills Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 5 citations, $1,115
- 8 CCR 6533: 1 citation, 1 serious, $35,000
- 8 CCR 6535: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
Accidents investigated
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.
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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.