Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. safety record at a glance
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 22, 2002 and Sep 24, 2009. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $148,685 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $78,050. The largest single penalty, $70,000, came from an inspection opened Nov 9, 2004 in Walnut Creek. That places the employer at #697 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Wholesale Trade; Construction. Worksites in Richmond, San Diego, Concord, Walnut Creek, Benicia, Sacramento.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2009 | Richmond | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,065 | $1,065 | Mar 1, 2010 |
| Sep 10, 2008 | San Diego | Complaint | 2 citations | $370 | $300 | Mar 13, 2009 |
| Oct 24, 2005 | Concord | Complaint | 1 citation | $5,000 | $5,000 | Jun 29, 2006 |
| Nov 9, 2004 | Walnut Creek | Unprogrammed related | 2 citations 2 serious | $140,000 | $70,000 | Apr 18, 2016 |
| Feb 27, 2004 | Benicia | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,250 | $1,685 | Apr 9, 2004 |
| Aug 22, 2002 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 4, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 4 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 1511: 1 citation, 1 serious, $35,000
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $35,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 1918.35: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,685
- 8 CCR 3277: 1 citation, $165
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $150
Local pages: Richmond employment lawyer, San Diego employment lawyer, Concord 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 Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
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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.