Kmart Corporation safety record at a glance
Kmart Corporation has been the subject of 14 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between May 18, 2000 and Apr 30, 2020. 5 of them were accident inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $37,825 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,575. The largest single penalty, $7,550, came from an inspection opened May 24, 2016 in Oakdale. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #6,897 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 32 WARN layoff notices on file with the EDD. It also appears in 1 federal wage and hour case.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Transportation and Warehousing; Retail Trade; Other Services (except Public Administration). Worksites in Ontario, Visalia, Oakdale, Mante, El Centro, San Diego, West Covina, Delano.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2020 | Ontario | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Apr 30, 2020 |
| May 11, 2018 | Visalia | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 9, 2018 |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Oakdale | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 30, 2018 |
| May 24, 2016 | Oakdale | Accident | 2 citations | $14,950 | $7,550 | Nov 7, 2016 |
| Jul 24, 2013 | Mante | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Aug 14, 2013 |
| Jul 24, 2013 | Mante | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 2, 2013 |
| Feb 22, 2013 | El Centro | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Aug 5, 2013 |
| Feb 24, 2010 | San Diego | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | 0 | Mar 2, 2011 |
| Jan 2, 2009 | West Covina | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 2, 2009 |
| Jul 2, 2008 | Delano | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $750 | Mar 3, 2009 |
| Jul 9, 2007 | San Leandro | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Sep 27, 2007 |
| Aug 7, 2003 | Industry | Accident | 3 citations | $11,000 | $5,900 | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Jun 17, 2003 | Temple City | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 17, 2003 |
| May 18, 2000 | Ontario | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $5,750 | $5,000 | Sep 13, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Kmart; Kmart - Little Cesars.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 2 citations, $7,550
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, 1 serious, $5,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $5,000
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3278: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Ontario employment lawyer, Visalia 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 Kmart Corporation
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.