Kohls Department Store safety record at a glance
Kohls Department Store has been the subject of 4 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 14, 2005 and Jul 7, 2015. 3 of them were complaint inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 6 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $11,285 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $7,460. The largest single penalty, $3,600, came from an inspection opened Jul 7, 2015 in Vallejo. That places the employer at #18,379 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Vallejo, Bakersfield, Palmdale.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2015 | Vallejo | Complaint | 2 citations | $3,600 | $3,600 | Nov 2, 2015 |
| May 3, 2012 | Bakersfield | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 17, 2012 |
| Jun 21, 2006 | Palmdale | Complaint | 2 citations 2 serious | $6,750 | $3,300 | May 2, 2007 |
| Feb 14, 2005 | Bakersfield | Complaint | 2 citations | $935 | $560 | Dec 31, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Kohls Department Store Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 3 citations, 1 serious, $4,200
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $560
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Local pages: Vallejo employment lawyer, Bakersfield employment lawyer, Palmdale 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 Kohls Department Store
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.