Smurfit Stone Container Corp. safety record at a glance
Smurfit Stone Container Corp. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 13, 2000 and Jul 8, 2008. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $17,100 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,900. The largest single penalty, $3,525, came from an inspection opened Apr 8, 2004 in Santa Clara. That places the employer at #19,372 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Salinas, Fresno, Fullerton, Santa Clara, Commerce, Industry, San Jose, Santa Fe Springs.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2008 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 20, 2008 |
| Jan 28, 2008 | Fresno | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Apr 17, 2007 | Salinas | Accident | 2 citations | $4,000 | $775 | Oct 23, 2008 |
| Apr 24, 2006 | Fullerton | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | 0 | Jul 17, 2007 |
| Apr 8, 2005 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 18, 2005 |
| Apr 8, 2004 | Santa Clara | Accident | 6 citations 1 serious | $3,525 | $3,525 | Feb 11, 2009 |
| Oct 1, 2003 | Salinas | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 21, 2003 |
| Sep 22, 2003 | Commerce | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 14, 2003 |
| Mar 12, 2002 | Industry | Accident | 2 citations | $7,125 | $450 | Nov 13, 2002 |
| Jul 2, 2001 | San Jose | Complaint | 3 citations | $750 | $750 | Aug 1, 2007 |
| Jun 6, 2000 | Commerce | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2000 |
| Mar 13, 2000 | Santa Fe Springs | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,215 | $1,215 | Sep 5, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Smurfit-Stone Container; Smurfit-Stone Container Corp; Smurfit Stone Container; Smurfit Stone Container Corp; Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $600
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $485
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 4187: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 2340.17: 1 citation, $400
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Salinas employment lawyer, Fresno employment lawyer, Fullerton 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 Smurfit Stone Container Corp.
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.