Cal/OSHA inspections in Trona at a glance
Employers in Trona account for 83 Cal/OSHA and OSHA inspections since 2000, 49 of which produced citations (59%): 104 citations, 13 serious, $117,650 in penalties after appeals, and 4 worker deaths investigated. In the last 12 months 0 inspections opened. The industries inspected most here are Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (58), (7), Manufacturing (5).
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83 inspections. Click a date for the citations.
Largest penalties in Trona
| Employer | Inspections | Citations | Penalties | Deaths | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Searles Valley Minerals | 22 | 27 | $71,725 | 2 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| T&t Trucking, Inc. | 1 | 5 | $11,845 | 1 | Nov 8, 2012 |
| China Lake Lime Corp. And/Or Limeguys Inc. | 1 | 9 | $6,375 | 0 | Jan 12, 2017 |
| CR Briggs Corporation | 2 | 10 | $5,950 | 0 | Oct 14, 2015 |
| Exelon Power | 1 | 1 | $5,000 | 0 | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Imc Chemicals Inc | 2 | 3 | $4,120 | 1 | Aug 24, 2001 |
| C R Briggs | 8 | 12 | $3,135 | 0 | Jul 23, 2014 |
| Trona Medical Clinic | 1 | 7 | $2,265 | 0 | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Pacific Salt and Chemical Company | 1 | 3 | $1,875 | 0 | Jul 27, 2000 |
| Trona Operating Partners | 1 | 1 | $1,350 | 0 | Jan 23, 2002 |
| DV Natural Resources, LLC. | 5 | 9 | $1,160 | 0 | Apr 13, 2021 |
| Twentieth Century Fox | 1 | 2 | $785 | 0 | Feb 16, 2001 |
| Bowman Asphalt Inc | 2 | 2 | $480 | 0 | Apr 15, 2021 |
| Road Machinery LLC | 2 | 1 | $400 | 0 | Feb 9, 2011 |
| Apex Bulk Commodities LLC | 1 | 2 | $300 | 0 | Dec 17, 2015 |
| Quinn Company | 1 | 1 | $150 | 0 | Dec 10, 2008 |
| Ace Cogeneration Company | 4 | 1 | $150 | 0 | May 14, 2013 |
| Boart Longyear Nevada | 1 | 1 | $150 | 0 | Dec 10, 2008 |
| Bowman Asphault Inc | 2 | 2 | $125 | 0 | Aug 21, 2018 |
| James Venture Corporation | 1 | 1 | $110 | 0 | Dec 10, 2008 |
Rules cited most in Trona
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 10 citations
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 9 citations
- 8 CCR 5193, Bloodborne pathogens: 7 citations, 1 serious
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 7 citations, 4 serious
- 8 CCR 5189: 6 citations
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 3 citations, 2 serious
- 8 CCR 5021: 3 citations
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 3 citations
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 7030: 2 citations
By year opened
| Year | Inspections | With citations | Citations | Penalties | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $600 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 | $11,000 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 6 | $2,725 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 1 | $130 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | 5 | $740 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 | 5 | $1,145 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 | 18 | $27,150 | 0 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 6 | $1,825 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | 10 | $12,850 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 6 | $16,845 | 1 |
| 2011 | 9 | 3 | 5 | $1,800 | 0 |
| 2010 | 6 | 5 | 8 | $25,300 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13 | 8 | 9 | $1,385 | 0 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 1 | $300 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $2,700 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 1 | $310 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 1 | $1,350 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 | 15 | $7,620 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | $1,875 | 0 |
Your rights when the hazard is real in Trona
You can report it, and the employer may not touch you for it. Any worker can file a confidential complaint with the nearest Cal/OSHA district office, by phone, online or in writing, and can ask that the employer not be told who complained. Firing, demoting, cutting hours, threatening or otherwise punishing a worker for a safety complaint, for reporting an injury, for testifying or for asking for a Cal/OSHA inspection is unlawful retaliation under Labor Code 6310; a complaint to the Labor Commissioner's Retaliation Complaint Investigation unit must be filed within one year, and a civil lawsuit is also available.
You can refuse work that would violate a safety standard and create a real and apparent hazard to you or your coworkers, and the employer may not retaliate for that refusal (Labor Code 6311). Say why in writing if you can, name the rule or the hazard, and keep a copy.
Every employer must have a written Injury and Illness Prevention Program (Title 8, section 3203), train workers on the hazards of their jobs, provide protective equipment at no cost, and give workers access to the exposure and medical records that concern them. Outdoor workplaces need a heat illness plan with water, shade and rest (section 3395); indoor ones above 82 degrees need the indoor rule (section 3396); and since July 2024 nearly every employer needs a workplace violence prevention plan (Labor Code 6401.9).
An injury itself is a workers' compensation claim, handled separately from anything on this page. What this firm handles is the employment side: the retaliation, the firing after the injury report, the wage and hour problems that usually travel with an unsafe workplace. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections opened through Oct 27, 2026. County is assigned from the worksite ZIP code. 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.