Oil Dri Corporation of America safety record at a glance
Oil Dri Corporation of America has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 22, 2008 and Aug 13, 2026. 12 of them were planned inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 1 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $11,395 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $11,395. The largest single penalty, $6,155, came from an inspection opened May 3, 2023 in Taft. That places the employer at #13,629 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Taft.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | Taft | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Taft | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| May 14, 2024 | Taft | Planned | 1 citation | $475 | $475 | Sep 4, 2024 |
| May 3, 2023 | Taft | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $6,155 | $6,155 | Jul 10, 2023 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | Taft | Planned | 2 citations 1 repeat | $1,875 | $1,875 | Nov 10, 2020 |
| Feb 7, 2017 | Taft | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 7, 2017 |
| Apr 26, 2016 | Taft | Planned | 2 citations | $700 | $700 | Aug 22, 2016 |
| Feb 24, 2016 | Taft | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 13, 2016 |
| Jul 10, 2014 | Taft | Planned | 1 citation 1 repeat | $1,000 | $1,000 | Oct 10, 2014 |
| Mar 22, 2012 | Taft | Planned | 2 citations | $630 | $630 | Aug 16, 2012 |
| Jan 5, 2010 | Taft | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Aug 22, 2008 | Taft | Planned | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Nov 20, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Oil Dri Corp. of America dba Taft Production CO.; Oil Dri Corp of America dba Taft Production CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 2 citations, $1,920
- 8 CCR 2360.3: 2 citations, $1,315
- 8 CCR 6995: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,735
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, $475
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2500.25: 1 citation, $315
- 8 CCR 3942: 1 citation, $280
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 Oil Dri Corporation of America
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.