Owens Illinois Inc safety record at a glance
Owens Illinois Inc has been the subject of 17 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 17, 2002 and Sep 23, 2019. 7 of them were accident inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 25 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $91,800 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $55,350. The largest single penalty, $18,785, came from an inspection opened Jul 17, 2002 in La Mirada. That places the employer at #1,250 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Retail Trade. Worksites in Tracy, Vernon, Oakland, Hayward, La Mirada.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2019 | Tracy | Complaint | 1 citation | $425 | $425 | May 27, 2020 |
| Sep 23, 2019 | Tracy | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 28, 2020 |
| Jul 2, 2019 | Vernon | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 30, 2019 |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Tracy | Complaint | 9 citations 1 serious | $15,545 | $9,125 | Aug 21, 2019 |
| Dec 18, 2014 | Vernon | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 2, 2015 |
| Aug 20, 2012 | Tracy | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 5, 2012 |
| Dec 19, 2011 | Tracy | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 17, 2012 |
| Nov 5, 2009 | Vernon | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $22,000 | $2,550 | Jun 24, 2010 |
| May 13, 2009 | Vernon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 28, 2009 |
| Feb 26, 2008 | Vernon | Complaint | 5 citations 2 serious | $15,080 | $4,875 | Dec 3, 2008 |
| Jun 14, 2006 | Tracy | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 23, 2006 |
| Mar 1, 2006 | Tracy | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 8, 2006 |
| Dec 16, 2005 | Oakland | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 21, 2005 |
| Feb 10, 2005 | Oakland | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,590 | $1,590 | Jun 28, 2006 |
| May 21, 2003 | Hayward | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Jul 2, 2009 |
| Jul 17, 2002 | La Mirada | Accident | 4 citations 2 serious | $19,160 | $18,785 | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Jul 17, 2002 | La Mirada | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 17, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Owens Illinois; Owens Illinois, Inc; Owens-Illinois Inc; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Owens Illinois, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, 1 serious, $2,900
- 8 CCR 5204: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,500
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 1 serious, $950
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, $825
- 8 CCR 4075: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
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 Illinois Inc
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.