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MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC

3485 PACHECO BLVD, MARTINEZ, CA, 94553
Operated by PBF Energy Inc · 1 of 13 establishments
324110Petroleum Refineries
EIN 842230960

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OSHA inspections
30
over 28 years
Violations
78
$324,240 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 11 National Emphasis Program inspections · 20 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC has accumulated 78 OSHA violations across 30 inspections over 28 years of recorded history, with $324,240 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 342 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 months ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
30
1.1 / yr · last 28 yrs
Violations
78
2.8 / yr
Penalties
$324,240
$4,157 avg / violation
28% serious72% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
11 of 30
Inspection trigger · accident
6 of 30

57% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 36 citations in this view · $264,310 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
6151(C)(1)55$965Jul 2025Apr 2026
6760(A)44$10,650Jul 2025Sep 2025
29 CFR 5189.0001 O0733$9,000Apr 2024Sep 2025
29 CFR 2340.0016 A33$1,035Oct 2024Aug 2025
3314(G)(1)(D)22$13,950Sep 2024Jul 2025
6815(A)22$13,950Sep 2024Jul 2025
3314(C)22$13,950Sep 2024Jul 2025
5144(C)(1)(D)22$13,950Sep 2024Jul 2025
3273(A)22$560Sep 2025Oct 2025
3328(A)(2)11$22,500Sep 2025Sep 2025
5192(K)(3)11$22,500Jul 2025Jul 2025
5192(K)(2)(D)11$22,500Jul 2025Jul 2025
5192(D)(3)11$22,500Jul 2025Jul 2025
5192(K)(2)(C)11$22,500Jul 2025Jul 2025
29 CFR 5189.0001 I0211$13,500Jul 2025Jul 2025
6815(C)11$13,500Jul 2025Jul 2025
6815(B)11$13,500Jul 2025Jul 2025
5A000111$13,500Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 5189.0001 T0211$10,800Oct 2021Oct 2021
3212(A)(2)11$9,000Jul 2025Jul 2025

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3241 within CA. Peer group: 342 employers. This establishment has 78 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $750
Inspection frequency
99th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
0.0
vs industry
−0.2
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−0.4

Reported for 550 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
0.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
3
Complaint
11
Accident
6
Referral
4

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
May 15, 1998BURN,VENTING,BOILER,STEAM,VALVE,SKIN,ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
2 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 2 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2020 – Nov 2022Petroleum Refineries1

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in CA — for PBF Energy Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other PBF Energy Inc locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
32-CA-347792Unfair labor practiceAug 2024Aug 2024ClosedRegion 32, Oakland, California

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
24
Quarters non-compliant
12
Formal actions
2
EPA penalties
$2,335,970

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Significant Violation.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 2 facilities · 1 significant noncompliance · $2,335,970 in assessed penalties · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY
3485 PACHECO BOULEVARD · MARTINEZ, CA, 94553
AirWaterRCRATRISignificant Violation
QNCR 12
242$2,335,970Dec 2025View →
MARTINEZ REFINING CO.
P.O. BOX 711 · MARTINEZ, CA, 94553
00View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — PBF ENERGY INC. (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$6.5M
Awards (all-time)
3

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-04-10Complaint0$0
2026-04-06Unprogrammed Related0$0
2026-03-24Complaint0$0
2026-03-24Complaint0$0
2026-03-12Unprogrammed Related0$0
2025-12-16Unprogrammed Related1$185
2025-10-29Complaint5$1,590
2025-05-06Complaint3$1,215
2025-04-30Complaint4$1,120
2025-04-04Unprogrammed Related21$7,030
2025-04-03Accident102$15,835
2025-04-02Accident53$41,250
2025-02-03Accident64$36,750
2025-02-01Referral2011$188,150
2025-01-09Planned4$1,290
2024-05-23Complaint31$14,200
2024-04-18Complaint0$0
2024-04-10Unprogrammed Related8$3,600
2024-03-14Planned0$0
2023-10-06Accident1$0
2023-07-11Unprogrammed Related1$0
2023-02-02Referral0$0
2023-01-05Referral0$0
2022-11-29Complaint0$0
2022-11-01Planned0$0
2021-06-02Referral0$0
2021-05-21Complaint2$11,200
2020-06-12Complaint0$0
1998-12-07Accident1$300
1998-05-18Accident2$525

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC is one of 13 establishments rolled up under the parent organization PBF Energy Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of PBF Energy Inc across all 13 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup PBF Energy Inc, which operates 13 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC's OSHA violation history?
MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC has 30 OSHA inspections on record with 78 violations and $324,240 in total penalties.
How does MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC operates in the petroleum refineries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.4. MARTINEZ REFINING COMPANY LLC's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.2.