Information · Oakland, CA
Kaiser Permanente
According to OSHA enforcement records (2010–2026), Kaiser Permanente has a relatively clean safety record: 0 violations across 4 inspections. See the full breakdown below.
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- OSHA penalties
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- Violations cited
- 4
- OSHA inspections
- $0
- Back wages owed
Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA has been the subject of 4 OSHA workplace inspections and 0 citations since 2010, according to enforcement records from the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer also has 2 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) cases on record, covering Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
The record in one line
OSHA has inspected Kaiser Permanente 4 times over 2 years - more than twice a year on average. None of these inspections resulted in a citation. Against the Information industry average of 1 inspections per employer, this runs well above peers (4.9x the sector average) on inspection frequency. The Department of Labor also found wage violations, with $0 in back wages owed to an undisclosed number of workers. For comparison, Parsons - Library in Parsons, TN is another information employer with 2 OSHA inspections on record and $0 in current penalties.
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- violations per inspection
- 0.0%
- of violations were serious
- $0
- in back wages recovered
Compliance score
- A OSHA safety compliance: 0 violations across 4 OSHA inspections (0.0 per inspection), vs. national p10 0.0 (best) / p90 5.5 (worst) among 145,626 inspected employers.
- A Wage & hour compliance: $0 in back wages owed across 2 WHD cases ($0 per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.
Does more inspection scrutiny mean more findings?
Each dot is one of 21 Information employers with an OSHA inspection on record, placed by inspections and violations cited. The highlighted dot is Kaiser Permanente.
How Kaiser Permanente Compares
4 OSHA inspections on record for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA, zero violations cited, a cleaner record than the Information sector average of 1.3 violations per employer.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Kaiser Permanente to date. The Information sector average runs $1,539 per employer.
Enforcement detail
OSHA Inspection History
Total Inspections
4
First Inspection
2010-02-01
Last Inspection
2012-05-21
Inspection Span
2 yrs
Violations / Inspection
0.0
Avg Penalty / Inspection
$0
Industry Avg / Inspection
$1,881
What this shows 4 inspections over 2 years, averaging 0.0 violations per visit. That's $0 per inspection vs. the Information average of $1,881.
Wage & Hour Findings
Industry Safety Context: Information
How Kaiser Permanente compares to the Information sector, which has 1,177 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Kaiser Permanente | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 4 | 0.8 |
| Violations | 0 | 1.3 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $1,539 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $1,881 |
Nationwide Information peers with similar penalties or inspection counts
Two OSHA-record peer sets for Kaiser Permanente, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar OSHA inspection count
Same-sector employers with a comparable inspection history outside this state (4 inspections here).
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What to do with this record
Use Kaiser Permanente's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Kaiser Permanente against Parsons - Library, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Kaiser Permanente's inspection and penalty record is typical for Information or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Information sector
- Kaiser Permanente also carries $0 in Wage and Hour Division back-wages, a separate enforcement track from OSHA safety violations. How wage-theft enforcement works
Figures reflect closed OSHA and WHD federal enforcement actions on record (2010–2026); not every workplace issue results in an inspection or investigation.
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Data Sources & Methodology ▼
Data as of 2026. Source: U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA, WHD).
Source: OSHA Enforcement Data
Inspection and violation records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, covering the period 2010–2026. Includes inspection dates, violation types (serious, willful, repeat, other-than-serious), and penalty amounts. Penalties shown are current assessed amounts and may differ from original citations due to settlement, contest, or reduction.
Source: Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Compliance actions from the WHD, covering enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including minimum wage, overtime, and child labor violations. Back wages represent amounts owed to affected employees as determined by WHD investigations.
Employer Matching
Employers are matched across OSHA and WHD datasets by name, state, and city. Employers included in PlainWorker have 2 or more OSHA inspections or $1,000+ in WHD back wages. Data is updated monthly from data.dol.gov.