Kernen Construction safety record at a glance
Kernen Construction has been the subject of 23 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 12, 2006 and Jan 14, 2026. 14 of them were planned inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $3,760 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $3,410. The largest single penalty, $1,120, came from an inspection opened Jan 14, 2026 in Arcata. That places the employer at #31,290 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction; Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Arcata, Blue Lake, Eureka, Miranda, McKinleyville, Samoa.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2026 | Arcata | Planned | 2 citations | $1,120 | $1,120 | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Blue Lake | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Eureka | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 29, 2025 |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Miranda | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 30, 2025 |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Arcata | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 11, 2025 |
| Sep 18, 2024 | Arcata | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 10, 2025 |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Eureka | Referral | 1 citation | $175 | $175 | Apr 10, 2023 |
| Jun 21, 2022 | Arcata | Referral | 2 citations | $370 | $370 | Aug 11, 2022 |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Arcata | Planned | 1 citation | $205 | $205 | Dec 11, 2020 |
| Jul 1, 2020 | Eureka | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 6, 2020 |
| May 22, 2020 | Eureka | Referral | 1 citation | $750 | $400 | Oct 22, 2020 |
| Oct 15, 2015 | Arcata | Planned | 3 citations | $300 | $300 | Mar 23, 2016 |
| Sep 25, 2014 | Arcata | Planned | 2 citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 13, 2014 |
| Sep 12, 2014 | McKinleyville | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 18, 2014 |
| Jun 20, 2012 | Blue Lake | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jul 9, 2012 |
| Feb 8, 2011 | Miranda | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2011 |
| Jun 25, 2009 | Blue Lake | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 30, 2009 |
| Sep 5, 2007 | Blue Lake | Planned | 1 citation | $465 | $465 | Feb 25, 2008 |
| Jun 26, 2007 | Miranda | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Jul 3, 2007 |
| Jan 24, 2007 | McKinleyville | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 5, 2007 |
| Oct 31, 2006 | Samoa | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 14, 2006 |
| Jul 12, 2006 | Blue Lake | Planned | 2 citations | $375 | $375 | Aug 30, 2006 |
| May 12, 2006 | Miranda | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 15, 2006 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $200
- 8 CCR 3943: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 2375.18: 1 citation, $465
- 8 CCR 1712: 1 citation, $400
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, $205
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 1 citation, $185
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 Kernen Construction
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.