WESTERN SCRAP
7200 DOWNING AVENUE, BAKERSFIELD, CA 93312
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Inspection records
Aug 23, 2022#346169345Aug 23, 2022Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#346169345$15,9703 viol.3 violations$15,970 in penalties
Inspection #346169345
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 23, 2022
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 9, 2023
- Contested
- Mar 14, 2023
- Final Order
- Aug 9, 2023
- Closed
- Oct 28, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 12
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $15,970
- Penalties on Record
- $15,970
- Site Address
- 7200 Downing Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93308
- Industry
- 423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3203(A)(8) Injury and Illness Prevention Program | Other | 1 | 12 | $110 | $110 | Feb 22, 2023 | Mar 14, 2023 | Aug 9, 2023 |
| 01002 | 3400(C) Medical Services and First Aid | Other | 1 | 12 | $110 | $110 | Feb 21, 2023 | Mar 14, 2023 | Aug 9, 2023 |
| 02001 | 4427(A) Automatically Fed Platen Cutters | Serious | 1 | 4 | $15,750 | $15,750 | Feb 21, 2023 | Mar 14, 2023 | Aug 9, 2023 |
Aug 30, 2012#313387565Aug 30, 2012Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#313387565$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #313387565
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 30, 2012
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 27, 2012
- Closed
- Oct 1, 2012
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 21
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 7200 Downing, Bakersfield, CA 93312
- Industry
- 423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
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.
Oct 7, 1998#126213354Oct 7, 1998Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#126213354$4,1809 viol.9 violations$4,180 in penalties
Inspection #126213354
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 7, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 10, 1998
- Contested
- Dec 22, 1998
- Closed
- Sep 22, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 5
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 8 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,180
- Penalties on Record
- $4,180
- Site Address
- 7200 Downing Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93308
- 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's fingertip amputated when caught in shear machine
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Dec 22, 1998. Final orders are recorded through Nov 3, 1999. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (9 of 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program OSHA citation code: 3203 A | Other | 1 | 10 | $125 | $125 | Dec 19, 1998 | - | - |
| 01002 | 3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program OSHA citation code: 3203 B | Other | 1 | 10 | $125 | $125 | Dec 19, 1998 | - | - |
| 01003 | 5194 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 5194 E01 | Other | 1 | 10 | $185 | $185 | Dec 19, 1998 | - | - |
| 01004 | 5194 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 5194 G01 | Other | 1 | 10 | $125 | $125 | Dec 19, 1998 | - | - |
| 01005 | 3664 Operating Rules OSHA citation code: 3664 A07 | Other | 1 | 10 | $125 | $125 | Dec 19, 1998 | - | - |
| 01006 | 3577 Protection Devices OSHA citation code: 3577 B | Other | 1 | 5 | $185 | $185 | Dec 3, 1998 | - | - |
| 01007 | 3577 Protection Devices OSHA citation code: 3577 E | Other | 1 | 5 | $125 | $125 | Dec 3, 1998 | - | - |
| 01008 | 3382 Eye and Face Protection OSHA citation code: 3382 A | Other | 1 | 10 | $185 | $185 | Dec 3, 1998 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4236 Alligator Shears (Class B) OSHA citation code: 4236 A | Serious | 1 | 5 | $3,000 | $3,000 | Nov 26, 1998 | Dec 22, 1998 | Nov 3, 1999 |
Feb 22, 1994#111949939Feb 22, 1994Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#111949939$7504 viol.4 violations$750 in penalties
Inspection #111949939
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 22, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 22, 1994
- Closed
- Jun 7, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 5
- Related Activity
- 2 complaints
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $750
- Penalties on Record
- $750
- Site Address
- 7200 Downing Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93312
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program OSHA citation code: 3203 A | Other | 1 | 5 | $150 | $150 | Mar 30, 1994 | - | - |
| 01002 | 3320 Warning Signs | Other | 1 | 2 | $150 | $150 | Mar 30, 1994 | - | - |
| 01003 | 3664 Operating Rules OSHA citation code: 3664 A | Other | 1 | 2 | $150 | $150 | Mar 30, 1994 | - | - |
| 01004 | 461 Permits to Operate OSHA citation code: 461 A | Other | 1 | 2 | $300 | $300 | Mar 30, 1994 | - | - |
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.
4 inspections, 1994 to 2022. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: recyclable material merchant wholesalers reported 3.7 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.0%; NAICS 42393 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source