Inspection record, Bakersfield

Maria Camarena Cal/OSHA Inspection, May 5, 2015

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Planned inspection in Bakersfield: 8 citations, $4,270. The employer's only inspection on 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 a planned inspection of Maria Camarena at 414 MT Vernon Ave, Bakersfield (Kern County) on May 5, 2015. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. The record lists 2 employees, a figure the employer reports to the inspector and one that can cover more than the site inspected. Inspectors issued 8 citations (1 serious) and proposed $4,270 in penalties, which stands as the current total. The case is still open.

Citations

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

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 461(c), Permits to Operate General
Issued Jul 22, 2015. Proposed $300, current $300. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 26, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 2340.16(c), Electrical work space General
Issued Jul 22, 2015. Proposed $150, current $150. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 26, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 2473.2(a), Covers and Canopies General
Issued Jul 22, 2015. Proposed $150, current $150. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 26, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 3203(a), Injury and Illness Prevention Program General
Issued Jul 22, 2015. Proposed $150, current $150. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 26, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 4237(b), Abrading, Buffing and Polishing Machines (Class A) General
Issued Jul 22, 2015. Proposed $335, current $335. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 26, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3577(e), Protection Devices General
Issued Jul 22, 2015. Proposed $335, current $335. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 26, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 4650(e), Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders General
Issued Jul 22, 2015. Proposed $150, current $150. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Aug 26, 2015, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3578(g), Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding Serious
Issued Jul 22, 2015. Proposed $2,700, current $2,700. 2 workers exposed. Read the rule.

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 340614304. 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 340614304, 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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