Valero Refining Company safety record at a glance
Valero Refining Company has been the subject of 48 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 24, 2001 and Aug 12, 2026. 21 of them were unprogrammed related inspections. 15 of them produced citations, 39 in all: 15 serious, 4 willful. Inspectors proposed $670,740 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $650,510. The largest single penalty, $534,375, came from an inspection opened Nov 13, 2021 in Benicia. That places the employer at #15 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Benicia, Wilmington.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Benicia | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $3,825 | open |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Benicia | Complaint | 2 citations | $1,750 | open |
| Jul 9, 2025 | Benicia | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 $36,000 proposed | open |
| May 5, 2025 | Benicia | Referral | 10 citations 6 serious | $42,935 | open |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Benicia | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Apr 7, 2026 |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Apr 7, 2026 |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Benicia | Planned | 5 citations 1 serious | $40,745 $42,600 proposed | May 8, 2025 |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Benicia | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Jan 11, 2024 |
| Mar 28, 2023 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Sep 5, 2023 |
| Jul 7, 2022 | Benicia | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Aug 17, 2022 |
| Nov 13, 2021 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | 9 citations 5 serious 4 willful | $534,375 | open |
| May 27, 2021 | Benicia | Referral | no citations | $0 | Sep 9, 2021 |
| Jan 7, 2021 | Benicia | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 9, 2021 |
| Nov 18, 2020 | Wilmington | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 13, 2021 |
| Aug 28, 2020 | Benicia | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 5, 2020 |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Benicia | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | Nov 16, 2020 |
| Feb 20, 2020 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jul 8, 2020 |
| Dec 17, 2019 | Benicia | Planned | no citations | $0 | Apr 2, 2020 |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Jun 26, 2019 | Benicia | Complaint | 1 citation | $0 | May 13, 2020 |
| Mar 25, 2019 | Benicia | Referral | 2 citations | $1,200 | Nov 19, 2019 |
| Mar 28, 2018 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $375 | May 24, 2019 |
| May 9, 2017 | Benicia | Referral | no citations | $0 | May 15, 2017 |
| Sep 22, 2015 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 24, 2016 |
| Mar 4, 2014 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no inspection made | $0 | Sep 25, 2014 |
| Jul 7, 2009 | Benicia | Complaint | 2 citations | $935 | Dec 13, 2009 |
| Jul 6, 2009 | Benicia | Accident | no citations | $0 | Oct 12, 2009 |
| Mar 3, 2008 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | May 29, 2008 |
| Oct 3, 2007 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Dec 13, 2007 |
| Mar 15, 2007 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Apr 9, 2007 |
| Oct 25, 2005 | Benicia | Referral | no citations | $0 | Dec 15, 2005 |
| May 4, 2005 | Benicia | Accident | no citations | $0 | Sep 29, 2005 |
| Oct 19, 2004 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 14, 2005 |
| Mar 3, 2004 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Jul 29, 2004 |
| Feb 6, 2004 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | May 14, 2004 |
| Dec 30, 2003 | Benicia | Accident | no citations | $0 | Jul 9, 2004 |
| Aug 25, 2003 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Mar 19, 2004 |
| May 31, 2003 | Benicia | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 29, 2003 |
| May 19, 2003 | Benicia | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | Oct 17, 2005 |
| Jan 29, 2003 | Benicia | Accident | 1 citation | $185 | Oct 22, 2004 |
| Jul 19, 2002 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Nov 14, 2002 |
| Jul 18, 2002 | Benicia | Referral | 1 citation | $0 $375 proposed | Jan 13, 2005 |
| Jun 4, 2002 | Benicia | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $5,060 | Apr 30, 2005 |
| Feb 15, 2002 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Apr 11, 2002 |
| Jun 22, 2001 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Aug 30, 2001 |
| Apr 24, 2001 | Benicia | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Aug 20, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Valero Refining; Valero Refining Company - California.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189.1, Process Safety Management for Petroleum Refineries: 8 citations, 6 serious, $41,700
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 5 citations, $4,000
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 4 citations, $450,000
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 4 citations, 4 serious, $67,500
- 8 CCR 3308, Hot Pipes and Hot Surfaces: 2 citations, 1 serious, $34,285
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 2 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $935
- 8 CCR 5141, Control of Harmful Exposure to Employees: 1 citation, 1 serious, $16,875
Accidents investigated
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Valero 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 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.