Owens Corning safety record at a glance
Owens Corning has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 4, 2002 and Aug 18, 2021. 6 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 14 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $84,995 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $20,395. The largest single penalty, $9,500, came from an inspection opened Jul 30, 2004 in Compton. That places the employer at #6,499 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Manufacturing. Worksites in Santa Clara, El Dorado Hills, Compton.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2021 | Santa Clara | Accident | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Nov 7, 2022 |
| Jan 14, 2009 | Santa Clara | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | $420 | Feb 1, 2010 |
| Dec 12, 2006 | Santa Clara | Accident | 4 citations | $4,500 | $1,200 | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Apr 20, 2006 | El Dorado Hills | Accident | 3 citations | $23,375 | $8,075 | Sep 9, 2008 |
| Jul 30, 2004 | Compton | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $33,045 | $9,500 | Oct 12, 2006 |
| Sep 4, 2002 | Santa Clara | Accident | 1 citation | $22,500 | $750 | Oct 11, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Owens Corning dba Home Expert; Owens Corning, Inc.; Owens Corning Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $9,700
- 8 CCR 3384: 2 citations, $1,050
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 1644, Metal scaffolds: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,250
- 8 CCR 3622: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 1430.32: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Clara employment lawyer, Compton 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 Corning
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.