Inspection record, Bakersfield

Norris School District - Norris Middle School Cal/OSHA Inspection, Mar 25, 2004

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Accident inspection in Bakersfield: 3 citations, $18,750. One of 2 inspections on this employer's record.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of Norris School District - Norris Middle School at 6940 Calloway Dr., Bakersfield (Kern County) on Mar 25, 2004. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 150 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected, with union representation. The employer is a local government body. Inspectors issued 3 citations (1 serious) and proposed $18,750 in penalties, which stands as the current total. The case closed on Mar 8, 2007. The employer has 1 other inspection on its California record.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 3279(d)(2), Portable Metal Ladders (repealed) General
Issued Sep 15, 2004. Proposed $375, current $375. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Sep 27, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3273(a), Working area, floors and walkways General
Issued Sep 15, 2004. Proposed $375, current $375. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Oct 18, 2004, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3210(a), Guardrails at elevated locations Serious
Issued Sep 15, 2004. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 1 worker exposed. Abatement due Oct 18, 2004, completed. Read the rule.

The accident

Mar 16, 2004. Employee losses balance, falls, and breaks his back
Keywords: fracture,maintenance,conduit,back,fall,lost balance 1 hospitalized

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 126034958. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 126034958, checked Nov 4, 2026. How to read a record. 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.

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