KERN ROCK CO
4501 SABODAN ROAD, METTLER, CA 93301
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Dec 15, 1996#125660787Dec 15, 1996Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#125660787$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #125660787
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 15, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 15, 1996
- Closed
- Jan 23, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4501 Sabodan Road, Mettler, CA 93301
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Sep 18, 1996#120182191Sep 18, 1996Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#120182191$1251 viol.1 violation$125 in penalties
Inspection #120182191
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 18, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 20, 1996
- Closed
- Sep 12, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 80
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $125
- Penalties on Record
- $125
- Site Address
- 4501 Sabodan Road, Mettler, CA 93301
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 7183 Federal Electrical Standards OSHA citation code: 7183 A27 | Other | 1 | 1 | $125 | $125 | Sep 18, 1996 | - | - |
Feb 28, 1995#112149109Feb 28, 1995Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#112149109$8603 viol.3 violations$860 in penalties
Inspection #112149109
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 28, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 28, 1995
- Closed
- May 7, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 24
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $860
- Penalties on Record
- $860
- Site Address
- 4501 Sabodan Road, Mettler, CA 93301
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 2500.10 Pull at Joints and Terminals OSHA citation code: 25000010 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $225 | $225 | Mar 10, 1995 | - | - |
| 01002 | 2500.10 Pull at Joints and Terminals OSHA citation code: 25000010 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $335 | $335 | Mar 10, 1995 | - | - |
| 01003 | 3944 Guard Clearances OSHA citation code: 3944 A | Other | 1 | - | $300 | $300 | Mar 10, 1995 | - | - |
Jan 5, 1993#112144100Jan 5, 1993Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#112144100$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #112144100
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 5, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 5, 1993
- Closed
- Feb 4, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4501 Sabodan Road, Mettler, CA 93301
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Jun 4, 1992#112143227Jun 4, 1992Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#112143227$5,0001 viol.1 violation$5,000 in penalties
Inspection #112143227
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 4, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 7, 1992
- Closed
- Apr 5, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 30
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,000
- Penalties on Record
- $5,000
- Site Address
- 4501 Sabodan Road, Mettler, CA 93301
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee hospitalized after arm catches moving conveyor
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 7183 Federal Electrical Standards OSHA citation code: 7183 A07 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Jun 4, 1992 | - | - |
Sep 25, 1991#112141379Sep 25, 1991Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#112141379$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #112141379
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 25, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 10, 1991
- Closed
- Oct 10, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 31
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Mettler St., Mettler, CA 93381
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Mar 21, 1991#112140157Mar 21, 1991Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#112140157$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #112140157
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 21, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 22, 1991
- Closed
- Jan 13, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 17
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Wheeler Ridge Plant, Mettler, CA 93381
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
7 inspections, 1991 to 1996. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.