Desert Aggregates safety record at a glance
Desert Aggregates has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Apr 5, 2001 and Jul 29, 2008. 5 of them were planned inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $1,480 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $1,330. The largest single penalty, $450, came from an inspection opened Jul 29, 2008 in Ducor. That places the employer at #47,239 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Ducor, Bishop.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2008 | Ducor | Planned | 1 citation | $450 | Jan 4, 2009 |
| Jul 19, 2006 | Ducor | Planned | 1 citation | $75 $225 proposed | Mar 26, 2009 |
| Mar 15, 2006 | Ducor | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 25, 2008 |
| May 6, 2003 | Ducor | Planned | 2 citations | $75 | Jul 13, 2006 |
| May 29, 2002 | Bishop | Planned | 2 citations | $450 | Nov 15, 2002 |
| Apr 5, 2001 | Ducor | Planned | 2 citations | $280 | May 25, 2007 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 7046, Travelways: 2 citations, $75
- 8 CCR 3578, Permissible Wheel Exposure for Periphery Grinding: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3277, Fixed Ladders: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 4086: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 3944, Guard Clearances: 1 citation, $75
- 8 CCR 470, Permit to Operate: 1 citation, $55
Accidents investigated
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Desert Aggregates
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 4, 2026. 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.