Saint Gobain Containers safety record at a glance
Saint Gobain Containers has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 1, 2001 and May 24, 2006. 7 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 10 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $54,190 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $44,370. The largest single penalty, $25,810, came from an inspection opened Jan 24, 2004 in El Monte. That places the employer at #1,850 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Madera, El Monte, Vernon.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2006 | Madera | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 4, 2006 |
| Nov 16, 2005 | El Monte | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jul 20, 2006 |
| Jun 24, 2004 | El Monte | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 17, 2006 |
| Jan 24, 2004 | El Monte | Accident | 6 citations 2 serious | $34,880 | $25,810 | Sep 4, 2004 |
| Mar 5, 2003 | El Monte | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Oct 24, 2002 | El Monte | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,750 | $18,000 | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Feb 28, 2002 | El Monte | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 2, 2002 |
| Mar 1, 2001 | Vernon | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 13, 2001 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 3212, Floor openings and wall openings: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, $5,735
- 8 CCR 5097: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $635
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, 1 serious, $630
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
Local pages: El Monte 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 Saint Gobain Containers
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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.