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TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC

3700 W 190TH ST, TORRANCE, CA, 90504
Operated by PBF Energy Inc · 1 of 13 establishments
324110Petroleum Refineries
EIN 371795646

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OSHA inspections
29
over 9 years
Violations
48
$178,471 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 4 National Emphasis Program inspections · 7 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC has accumulated 48 OSHA violations across 29 inspections over 9 years of recorded history, with $178,471 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 339 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 24 days ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
29
3.2 / yr · last 9 yrs
Violations
48
5.3 / yr
Penalties
$178,471
$3,718 avg / violation
21% serious79% other
Inspection trigger · planned
10 of 29
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 29

41% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 24 citations in this view · $167,186 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
6815(A)22$24,201Oct 2017Jun 2019
5189(F)(4)22$22,030May 2017Jan 2018
3210(B)22$14,510Jan 2018Jun 2024
29 CFR 5189.0001 X1022$1,500Aug 2022Mar 2025
3380(C)11$14,625Jun 2024Jun 2024
5144(H)(3)(C)11$14,400Mar 2025Mar 2025
5189(D)(3)(B)11$12,470Jan 2018Jan 2018
3329(E)11$9,560May 2017May 2017
6815(C)11$9,560May 2017May 2017
3203(A)(4)11$9,560May 2017May 2017
4050(A)11$7,650Jan 2018Jan 2018
330811$5,735Jan 2018Jan 2018
1712(C)(1)11$5,735Jan 2018Jan 2018
342(A)11$5,000Mar 2025Mar 2025
29 CFR 5189.0001 F0611$3,000Apr 2024Apr 2024
3220(C)(1)11$3,000Sep 2022Sep 2022
327511$1,250Dec 2022Dec 2022
29 CFR 5189.0001 S0311$1,200Mar 2025Mar 2025
29 CFR 5189.0001 J0211$1,200Mar 2025Mar 2025
29 CFR 5189.0001 I0111$1,000Mar 2025Mar 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

97th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3241 within CA. Peer group: 339 employers. This establishment has 48 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
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
0.8
vs industry
+0.6
TRIR
1.0
vs industry
+0.6

Reported for 546 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
1.0
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
10
Complaint
8
Accident
5
Referral
3

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 TORRANCE 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
Apr 22, 2017Arm,Burn,Hot Cooking Oil,Leg11

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
24 days ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 24 days ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for TORRANCE 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
31-CA-369605Unfair labor practiceJul 2025OpenRegion 31, Los Angeles, 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 TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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
2026-07-15Accident0$0
2026-04-02Complaint0$0
2026-03-11Accident0$0
2026-01-27Complaint0$0
2025-12-04Planned0$0
2025-03-06Complaint2$600
2024-10-31Complaint0$0
2024-09-12Planned111$27,100
2023-12-28Complaint5$24,775
2023-11-30Complaint1$3,000
2022-11-17Accident1$1,250
2022-08-16Unprogrammed Related0$0
2022-05-05Complaint11$3,000
2022-03-15Planned5$2,135
2022-02-22Planned4$1,310
2021-05-28Referral0$0
2021-03-25Planned0$0
2020-08-18Complaint0$0
2020-06-09Planned0$0
2019-07-11Unprogrammed Related0$0
2019-07-02Planned0$0
2019-02-01Unprogrammed Related1$11,475
2018-12-18Planned0$0
2017-07-31Planned104$51,270
2017-05-08Planned0$0
2017-04-24Accident1$12,726
2017-02-18Referral0$0
2016-11-15Referral64$39,830
2016-10-11Accident0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

TORRANCE 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

Other establishments operated by PBF Energy Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC's OSHA violation history?
TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC has 29 OSHA inspections on record with 48 violations and $178,471 in total penalties.
How does TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC operates in the petroleum refineries industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.4. TORRANCE REFINING COMPANY LLC's self-reported DART rate is 0.83 compared to an industry average of 0.2.