Tosco Refining Company safety record at a glance
Tosco Refining Company has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 7, 2000 and Apr 23, 2001. 4 of them were referral inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 28 in all: 7 serious. Inspectors proposed $134,645 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $71,115. The largest single penalty, $26,250, came from an inspection opened Mar 23, 2000 in Martinez. That places the employer at #818 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing. Worksites in Carson, Wilmington, Martinez, Rodeo.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2001 | Carson | Referral | 2 citations 1 serious | $17,210 | $10,620 | Aug 20, 2009 |
| Feb 2, 2001 | Wilmington | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 31, 2001 |
| Oct 26, 2000 | Wilmington | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations | $15,935 | $2,015 | Sep 4, 2006 |
| Jul 17, 2000 | Martinez | Complaint | 17 citations 4 serious | $24,500 | $21,230 | Dec 14, 2001 |
| Jun 7, 2000 | Martinez | Referral | 3 citations 1 serious | $40,750 | $11,000 | Dec 14, 2001 |
| Mar 23, 2000 | Martinez | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 1 serious | $36,250 | $26,250 | Dec 14, 2001 |
| Feb 7, 2000 | Rodeo | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 1, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 10 citations, 3 serious, $9,875
- 8 CCR 1532.1, Lead (construction): 5 citations, 1 serious, $7,605
- 8 CCR 5189: 3 citations, 1 serious, $11,060
- 8 CCR 3329, Machinery, operating procedures: 2 citations, 1 serious, $26,060
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 5203: 1 citation, $2,500
- 8 CCR 1511: 1 citation, $1,250
- 8 CCR 6778: 1 citation, $1,000
Local pages: Carson 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 Tosco Refining 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.