The Coca Cola Company safety record at a glance
The Coca Cola Company has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 7, 2000 and Apr 2, 2021. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 20 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $77,540 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $39,765. The largest single penalty, $19,200, came from an inspection opened Sep 18, 2020 in American Canyon. That places the employer at #2,246 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 2 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 3 federal wage and hour cases.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in American Canyon, Irvine, Ontario, Fresno, San Leandro, San Diego, Downey, Industry.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2021 | American Canyon | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | open |
| Sep 18, 2020 | American Canyon | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $36,600 | $19,200 | Jul 4, 2022 |
| Mar 7, 2019 | Irvine | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 7, 2019 |
| Feb 1, 2018 | American Canyon | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 19, 2018 |
| Jan 3, 2018 | Ontario | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 7, 2018 |
| Jan 22, 2014 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 22, 2014 |
| Sep 9, 2013 | American Canyon | Accident | 1 citation | $280 | 0 | Jun 25, 2014 |
| May 15, 2013 | Fresno | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 18, 2014 |
| Dec 28, 2011 | San Leandro | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 26, 2012 |
| Jul 5, 2011 | Fresno | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 | $370 | Apr 25, 2017 |
| May 1, 2008 | San Diego | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 15, 2008 |
| Oct 4, 2007 | Fresno | Complaint | 7 citations | $1,860 | $1,485 | Aug 17, 2009 |
| May 30, 2006 | Downey | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $19,310 | 0 | Oct 26, 2006 |
| Mar 7, 2006 | Industry | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 17, 2006 |
| Sep 6, 2002 | Downey | Complaint | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Sep 16, 2006 |
| Jun 7, 2000 | Ontario | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $560 | $150 | Nov 17, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Coca Cola USA; Coca Cola; Coca-Cola; The Coca Cola CO., Inc.; The Coca-Cola Company; The Coca Cola CO.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $19,200
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 3 citations, 1 serious, $560
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 3 citations, $370
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 2500.25: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3660, Industrial trucks, general: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Irvine employment lawyer, Ontario 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 The Coca Cola 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 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.