Elementis Specialties Inc safety record at a glance
Elementis Specialties Inc has been the subject of 24 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 31, 2001 and May 2, 2022. 24 of them were planned inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 12 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $1,910 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $1,910. The largest single penalty, $600, came from an inspection opened Aug 10, 2016 in Newberry Springs. That places the employer at #41,087 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Newberry Springs.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2022 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 14, 2022 |
| May 2, 2022 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2022 |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 25, 2019 |
| Nov 14, 2019 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 25, 2019 |
| Dec 4, 2018 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Dec 4, 2018 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Dec 19, 2017 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Dec 19, 2017 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 22, 2018 |
| Aug 10, 2016 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 3 citations | $600 | $600 | Oct 13, 2016 |
| Aug 10, 2016 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Sep 6, 2016 |
| Aug 6, 2014 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | May 22, 2015 |
| Aug 6, 2014 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Aug 21, 2014 |
| Apr 30, 2012 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Jun 19, 2012 |
| Apr 23, 2012 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Jun 19, 2012 |
| Dec 2, 2010 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 13, 2010 |
| Oct 29, 2010 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Jan 18, 2011 |
| Feb 11, 2010 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 17, 2010 |
| Oct 8, 2009 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 12, 2009 |
| Apr 14, 2009 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 20, 2009 |
| Sep 5, 2008 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 8, 2008 |
| Apr 9, 2008 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | $225 | Jun 13, 2008 |
| Sep 20, 2006 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2006 |
| Aug 7, 2001 | Newberry Springs | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 20, 2001 |
| Jul 31, 2001 | Newberry Springs | Planned | 1 citation | $110 | $110 | Oct 23, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Elementis Specialties; Elementis Specialties, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 2473.1: 2 citations, $525
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 2 citations, $225
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 6982: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 5021: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 465: 1 citation, $150
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 1 citation, $110
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. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "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 Elementis Specialties Inc
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 1, 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.