The American Bottling Company safety record at a glance
The American Bottling Company has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 10, 2014 and Jun 10, 2026. 5 of them were planned inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 27 in all: 2 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $62,020 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $27,320. The largest single penalty, $10,850, came from an inspection opened Jan 6, 2022 in Sacramento. That places the employer at #4,109 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Sacramento, Victorville, Santa Paula, Vernon, Orange, Placentia.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2026 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Victorville | Planned | 6 citations | $9,000 | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Santa Paula | Planned | no inspection made | $0 | Oct 5, 2023 |
| Mar 29, 2023 | Victorville | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Sacramento | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious 1 repeat | $10,850 $37,915 proposed | Jul 8, 2024 |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Victorville | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Sep 17, 2021 |
| May 15, 2019 | Vernon | Planned | 4 citations | $1,525 $4,200 proposed | Oct 7, 2019 |
| Dec 19, 2018 | Victorville | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $3,450 $7,030 proposed | Oct 7, 2019 |
| Jun 7, 2016 | Orange | Accident | 6 citations | $1,425 $2,805 proposed | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Nov 16, 2015 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $700 | Apr 5, 2016 |
| Jun 10, 2015 | Placentia | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jun 26, 2015 |
| Sep 10, 2014 | Orange | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 | Apr 12, 2016 |
Also recorded as: American Bottling CO.; American Bottling CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 4 citations, $4,065
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 3 citations, $825
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 2 citations, $6,150
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $2,200
- 8 CCR 3668, Powered industrial trucks, training: 2 citations, $200
- 8 CCR 4051, Projecting Shaft Ends: 1 citation, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4353, Stationary Compaction Equipment and Balers: 1 citation, $1,500
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer, Victorville 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 The American Bottling Company
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 4, 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.