Petrochem Insulation, Inc. safety record at a glance
Petrochem Insulation, Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 18, 2002 and Jan 28, 2016. 3 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 4 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $20,650 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $2,150. The largest single penalty, $1,500, came from an inspection opened Jul 5, 2007 in Woodland. That places the employer at #39,041 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Watsonville, Richmond, Boron, Pittsburg, Woodland, Rodeo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2016 | Watsonville | Accident | 1 citation | $1,200 | $650 | Aug 1, 2016 |
| Nov 2, 2015 | Richmond | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2016 |
| May 12, 2015 | Richmond | Complaint | 1 citation | $700 | 0 | Sep 27, 2016 |
| Oct 29, 2014 | Boron | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 7, 2015 |
| Dec 13, 2010 | Pittsburg | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 10, 2011 |
| Jun 11, 2008 | Richmond | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 23, 2008 |
| Jul 5, 2007 | Woodland | Accident | 2 citations | $18,750 | $1,500 | Jan 5, 2011 |
| Apr 18, 2002 | Rodeo | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 28, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Petrochem Insulation; Petrochem Insulation Inc; Petrochem Insulation, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1730: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 1511: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $650
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Richmond 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 Petrochem Insulation, 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.