Inspection record, Rodeo

Conocophillips Company Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 21, 2009

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Unprogrammed related inspection in Rodeo: 15 citations, $51,000. One of 33 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened a unprogrammed related inspection of Conocophillips Company at 1380 San Pablo Avenue, Rodeo (Contra Costa County) on Sep 21, 2009. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 500 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 15 citations (0 serious) and proposed $57,250 in penalties; the current total is $51,000. 15 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 1 citation was deleted on appeal and is not counted. The case closed on Mar 1, 2012. The employer has 32 other inspections on its California record.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3314 G01 C, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $1,000, current $250. 3 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3314 G01 D, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $1,000, current $250. 2 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3329 D, Machinery, operating procedures General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $1,000, current $250. 10 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 5157 I03, Confined spaces General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $250, current $250. 2 instances. 4 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 5189 E02 E General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $250, current $250. 2 instances. 7 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 5189 I02 B General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $250, current $250. 8 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2010. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 5189 L05 General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $1,500, current $250. 8 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 6815 C General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $1,000, current $250. 3 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3314 G01 B, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $11,250, current $7,000. 8 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3314 G02 A, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $4,500, current $7,000. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 5189 F01 A5 General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $5,000, current $7,000. 3 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 5189 F01 A6 General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $5,000, current $7,000. 3 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 06001: 8 CCR 5189 F01 B2 General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $9,000, current $7,000. 9 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 07001: 8 CCR 5189 F01 C4 General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $11,250, current $7,000. 8 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 08001: 8 CCR 5189 F03 General
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $5,000, current $7,000. 8 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Feb 21, 2010, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 09001: 8 CCR 5189 J02 C General deleted on appeal
Issued Jan 19, 2010. Proposed $6,750, current $0. 2 instances. 11 workers exposed. Contested Jan 29, 2010, final order Dec 21, 2011. Abatement due Dec 21, 2010. Read the rule.

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 311074553. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 311074553, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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.

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