Okonite safety record at a glance
Okonite has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 2, 2000 and Apr 27, 2018. 5 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 13 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $62,170 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $30,595. The largest single penalty, $18,000, came from an inspection opened Apr 27, 2018 in Santa Maria. That places the employer at #3,430 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in Santa Maria.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2018 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | May 21, 2020 |
| Aug 28, 2014 | Santa Maria | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $23,560 | $7,310 | Jun 22, 2015 |
| Apr 2, 2008 | Santa Maria | Accident | 3 citations | $19,075 | $3,750 | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Mar 5, 2004 | Santa Maria | Complaint | 2 citations | $375 | $375 | Jun 24, 2006 |
| Apr 3, 2002 | Santa Maria | Accident | 2 citations | $185 | $185 | Jul 24, 2002 |
| Aug 29, 2001 | Santa Maria | Complaint | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jun 4, 2002 |
| Mar 13, 2001 | Santa Maria | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 14, 2001 |
| Nov 2, 2000 | Santa Maria | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | May 2, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Okonite Inc.; The Okonite CO; The Okonite Company; The Okonite Company Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, $3,750
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $185
- 8 CCR 3704: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3330: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3400, Medical services and first aid: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3660, Industrial trucks, general: 1 citation, $375
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. 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 Okonite
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.