Intel Corporation: OSHA inspections and violations
Santa Clara, California · Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing · NAICS 334413
15inspections
4citation items
$5,600current penalties
Jan 28, 2021last inspection
Intel Corporation has 15 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 1988.
OSHA's last visit started on Jan 28, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in San Jose.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $5,600 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Intel Corporation averages $5,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Intel Corporation also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jan 28, 2021 (fatal): Employee dies after experiencing medical emergency
At 11:48 a.m. on January 28, 2021, an employee was working as part of a technical team in the projection room of a small theater in an industrial electronics facility. The employee experienced a medical emergency and died.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342296043 OPENED MAY 3, 2017Closed
Accident · Partial · Health · 5,800 employees at the site · Closed Jun 19, 2017
Incident on Jan 25, 2017: Employee is hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest
At 5:55 p.m. on January 25, 2017, an employee was participating in a meeting when he suddenly collapsed and lost conscience. The employee was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was admitted and treated for cardiac arrest.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 342(A)
Other-than-serious
$5,000
$5,000
May 22, 2017
Final
Inspection 313234932 OPENED JUL 2, 2010Closed
Complaint · Partial · Health · 6,800 employees at the site · Closed Oct 4, 2010
Incident on Jan 15, 2008: Employee is injured in slip and fall incident
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on January 15, 2008, Employee #1, an employee of Inte l Corp., slipped and fell as she turned a right corner of a hallway in Building SC-1. Employee #1 fractured her right femur and right wrist. Employee #1 was hos pitalized.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 125949545 OPENED MAR 17, 2006Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Oct 28, 2006
Incident on Mar 6, 2006: Employee's foot is crushed when run over by forklift
On March 6, 2006, Employee #1, who works for Intel Corporation, was attending a training session with other employees. Employee #1 and his coworkers were in the exhibition area during the set-up of the exhibits. Employee #1 was standing wit h his back to an aisle, which was near the entrance of a display booth. A cowork er was driving a forklift, a Toyota Model Number 7FGU25, Serial Number 73413, we ighing 9,430 pounds, to move around display materials. The coworker parked the f orklift near the employees and proceeded to exit the forklift. The parking brake was not set. The coworker's jacket caught on the gearshift. The gear shift move d into the reverse mode, and the forklift backed over Employee #1's foot. The co worker stopped the forklift when the wheel was on top of Employee #1's foot, and then put the forklift into the drive mode to move the forklift off of Employee #1's foot. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures and crushed bone injuries to his left foot and ankle. He was hospitalized for treatment.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203 A04 B
Other-than-serious
$300
$300
Aug 18, 2006
Closed
Inspection 119643187 OPENED FEB 17, 2006Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 6,000 employees at the site · Closed Mar 27, 2006
Incident on May 14, 1991: Employee suffers headache from inhaling carbon tetrachloride
An employee working in an etching department entered the work area to remove her material from one of the etching vessels, even though the area was roped off fo r repair work that she knew was being done on the other vessel. She later indica ted that she had entered because the aluminum wafers she was processing had to b e removed at that time. One of the gases used in this process was carbon tetrach loride. Normally this was a sealed system, but residual vapors were ambient beca use the adjacent vessel had been opened for the repairs. Employee #1 inhaled som e of the ambient vapors, and 4 hours later reported to the clinic suffering from a headache. She discussed the incident with the company nurse, and was released following an examination. Her headache was gone by the next day. The company sa fety manager later stated that the employee had been reminded not to enter a rop ed-off area.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 111787909 OPENED AUG 27, 1990Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 300 employees at the site · Closed Sep 27, 1990
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Santa Clara site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 384 workers: 1.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.5 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Bowers Campus
Santa Clara · 2025
384
5
0
1.3
0.5
Mission Campus
Santa Clara · 2018
6,175
70
4
1.1
0.0
Folsom Campus
Folsom · 2017
6,039
60
3
1.0
0.0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Other semiconductor and related device manufacturing employers in California
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.
