Owens-Brockway safety record at a glance
Owens-Brockway has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 20, 2000 and Sep 3, 2004. 4 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 9 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $48,200 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,295. The largest single penalty, $4,500, came from an inspection opened Dec 21, 2000 in Oakland. That places the employer at #17,144 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Oakland, La Mirada.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2004 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 30, 2004 |
| Apr 19, 2002 | Oakland | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $19,275 | $3,150 | Jul 6, 2007 |
| May 8, 2001 | La Mirada | Accident | 2 citations | $18,200 | $485 | Jun 12, 2005 |
| Apr 23, 2001 | La Mirada | Accident | 2 citations | $600 | $160 | Jun 12, 2005 |
| Dec 21, 2000 | Oakland | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $10,125 | $4,500 | Oct 6, 2006 |
| Jul 20, 2000 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 3, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Owens Brockway.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $1,125
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,375
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $325
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, $160
- 8 CCR 2500.25: 1 citation, $160
- 8 CCR 2395.51: 1 citation
- 8 CCR 3270: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Oakland 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 Owens-Brockway
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.