CA Corrections and Rehabilitation, North Kern State Prison (NKSP) safety record at a glance
CA Corrections and Rehabilitation, North Kern State Prison (NKSP) has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 15, 2014 and Mar 4, 2026. 6 of them were complaint inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $18,460 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,730. The largest single penalty, $6,475, came from an inspection opened Jul 13, 2020 in Delano. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #16,586 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Public Administration; Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services. Worksites in Delano.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2026 | Delano | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Mar 10, 2022 | Delano | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 28, 2022 |
| Nov 4, 2021 | Delano | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 28, 2022 |
| Aug 25, 2020 | Delano | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Delano | Accident | 1 citation | $1,060 | $850 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Delano | Accident | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jul 13, 2020 | Delano | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 1 serious | $15,615 | $6,475 | May 25, 2022 |
| Jul 14, 2015 | Delano | Complaint | 2 citations | $850 | $850 | Dec 21, 2015 |
| May 12, 2015 | Delano | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 12, 2015 |
| Jan 20, 2015 | Delano | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 23, 2015 |
| Oct 15, 2014 | Delano | Complaint | 3 citations | $935 | $555 | Jun 24, 2015 |
| Oct 15, 2014 | Delano | Complaint | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
Also recorded as: CA Corrections & Rehabilitation, North Kern State Prison; CA Corrections & Rehabilitation, North Kern State Prison (NKSP).
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5199, Aerosol transmissible diseases: 2 citations, 1 serious, $7,150
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $360
- 8 CCR 3366: 1 citation, $425
- 8 CCR 3363, Water supply: 1 citation, $425
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $185
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $185
Accidents investigated
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at CA Corrections and Rehabilitation, North Kern State Prison (NKSP)
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. 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.