VALLEY PERFORATING CO
3201 GULF ST, BAKERSFIELD, CA 93308 · NAICS 331511 Iron Foundries
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Inspection records
Mar 23, 2006#120215959Mar 23, 2006Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#120215959$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #120215959
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 23, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 23, 2006
- Closed
- Sep 26, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 38
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3201 Gulf St, Bakersfield, CA 93308
- Industry
- 331511 Iron Foundries
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 sustains lacerations when caught by drill press
Apr 5, 2002#125724930Apr 5, 2002Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#125724930$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #125724930
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 5, 2002
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 3, 2002
- Closed
- Jul 3, 2002
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 26
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3201 Gulf St, Bakersfield, CA 93308
- Industry
- 331511 Iron Foundries
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 struck by rotating equipment
Jun 22, 2001#125652180Jun 22, 2001FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#125652180$2751 viol.1 violation$275 in penalties
Inspection #125652180
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 22, 2001
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 13, 2001
- Contested
- Sep 10, 2001
- Final Order
- Aug 1, 2003
- Closed
- Sep 21, 2004
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 28
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $410
- Penalties on Record
- $275
- Site Address
- 3201 Gulf St, Bakersfield, CA 93308
- Industry
- 331511 Iron Foundries
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 is killed when crushed by falling pipe
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3664 Operating Rules OSHA citation code: 3664 A17 | Other | 1 | 1 | $410 | $275 | Sep 6, 2001 | Sep 10, 2001 | Aug 1, 2003 |
Mar 5, 1997#119973873Mar 5, 1997Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#119973873$4502 viol.2 violations$450 in penalties
Inspection #119973873
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 5, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 11, 1997
- Contested
- Mar 24, 1997
- Final Order
- Aug 25, 1997
- Closed
- Jun 12, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 20
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,725
- Penalties on Record
- $450
- Site Address
- 3201 Gulf St, Bakersfield, CA 93308
- Industry
- 331511 Iron Foundries
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 (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3314 The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout OSHA citation code: 3314 F | Other | 1 | 1 | $225 | $225 | Apr 14, 1997 | Mar 24, 1997 | Aug 25, 1997 |
| 02001 | 3314 The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout OSHA citation code: 3314 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $3,500 | $225 | Mar 17, 1997 | Mar 24, 1997 | Aug 25, 1997 |
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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, 1997 to 2006. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
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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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Primary Metal Manufacturing, 9,284 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: iron foundries reported 5.5 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 7.1%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source