Kern Medical Center safety record at a glance
Kern Medical Center has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 12, 2000 and May 31, 2012. 7 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $9,395 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,395. The largest single penalty, $6,410, came from an inspection opened Dec 7, 2011 in Bakersfield. That places the employer at #15,818 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Health Care and Social Assistance. Worksites in Bakersfield.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2012 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,400 | $1,400 | Oct 28, 2012 |
| Dec 7, 2011 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 11 citations | $6,410 | $6,410 | Apr 20, 2012 |
| May 23, 2011 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Mar 8, 2011 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 14, 2011 |
| Jun 8, 2007 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 4 citations | $1,585 | $1,585 | Dec 29, 2008 |
| May 23, 2002 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 4, 2002 |
| Oct 12, 2000 | Bakersfield | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 15, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $675
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 2 citations, $1,350
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $605
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $1,350
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation, $1,010
- 8 CCR 5155, Airborne contaminants: 1 citation, $675
- 8 CCR 3225: 1 citation, $655
Local pages: Bakersfield employment lawyer.
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 Kern Medical Center
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.