Inspection record, Martinez

Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC Cal/OSHA Inspection, Feb 12, 2014

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Accident inspection in Martinez: 5 citations, $43,400. One of 118 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 an accident inspection of Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC at 150 Solano Way, Martinez (Contra Costa County) on Feb 12, 2014. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 700 employees were recorded at the site, with union representation. Inspectors issued 5 citations (1 serious) and proposed $37,050 in penalties; the current total is $43,400. 5 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 2 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Feb 18, 2016. The employer has 117 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 3380 F03, Personal protective equipment General
Issued Aug 4, 2014. Proposed $450, current $7,000. Contested Aug 25, 2014, final order Oct 23, 2014. Abatement due Aug 21, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 6822 C General
Issued Aug 4, 2014. Proposed $600, current $600. Contested Aug 25, 2014, final order Oct 23, 2014. Abatement due Aug 21, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3380 F01 A, Personal protective equipment General
Issued Aug 4, 2014. Proposed $21,600, current $21,600. Contested Aug 25, 2014, final order Oct 23, 2014. Abatement due Aug 14, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 5189 F01 A2 Serious
Issued Aug 4, 2014. Proposed $7,200, current $7,200. Contested Aug 25, 2014, final order Oct 23, 2014. Abatement due Aug 14, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 06001: 8 CCR 6822 E02 General
Issued Aug 4, 2014. Proposed $7,200, current $7,000. Contested Aug 25, 2014, final order Oct 23, 2014. Abatement due Aug 14, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 5189 E01 Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 4, 2014. Proposed $7,200, current $0. Contested Aug 25, 2014, final order Oct 23, 2014. Abatement due Aug 14, 2014, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 5189 J04 B Serious deleted on appeal
Issued Aug 4, 2014. Proposed $7,200, current $0. Contested Aug 25, 2014, final order Oct 23, 2014. Abatement due Aug 14, 2014, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Feb 12, 2014. Two Employees Suffer Chemical Burns from Sulfuric Acid
Keywords: burn,head,neck,face,sulfuric acid,chemical 2 hospitalized

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 316819994. 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 316819994, 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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