OSHA has inspected Apple Inc. 20 times in California since 2007.
The latest one began on Jan 29, 2026 after an accident, in Santa Clara; the case is still open.
Those inspections ended with 23 citation items: 5 serious and 18 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $98,640 and still stand at $98,640.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Apple Inc. averages $13,558 (7 cited inspections).
Apple Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on May 30, 2018: Employee suffers ankle fracture in fall on stairs
At 12:00 p.m. on May 30, 2018, Employee #1 was walking down a set of stairs from the fourth floor in the office building. The employee lost his balance on the third or fourth step from the bottom and fell. He dislocated his left ankle and fractured his right ankle. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries. injuries.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 342(A)
Other-than-serious
$5,000
$5,000
Sep 12, 2018
Final
Inspection 317448025 OPENED FEB 26, 2014Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 400 employees at the site · Closed Aug 4, 2014
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Sunnyvale site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 52 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Uranium 1
Sunnyvale · 2025
52
0
0
0.0
2.7
Martin 2
Santa Clara · 2025
37
1
0
2.7
2.6
Martin 1
Santa Clara · 2025
37
1
0
2.7
2.6
Kifer 7
Sunnyvale · 2025
23
1
0
4.3
2.6
Uranium 2
Santa Clara · 2025
17
0
0
0.0
2.6
Kifer 1A
Sunnyvale · 2025
5
1
0
20.0
2.3
Kifer 1C
Sunnyvale · 2023
88
0
0
0.0
2.3
Kifer 1B
Sunnyvale · 2023
88
0
0
0.0
2.3
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
