Geo Drilling Fluids, Inc. safety record at a glance
Geo Drilling Fluids, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Nov 4, 2008 and Nov 3, 2025. 8 of them were planned inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 19 in all: 0 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $20,290 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $18,290. The largest single penalty, $10,600, came from an inspection opened Oct 31, 2018 in San Ardo. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #7,838 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Construction; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Worksites in Sacramento, San Ardo, Tupman, McKittrick.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2025 | Sacramento | Planned | 1 citation | $275 | $275 | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Sacramento | Planned | 2 citations | $1,050 | $1,050 | Jun 13, 2022 |
| Mar 11, 2019 | Sacramento | Planned | 3 citations | $1,375 | $1,375 | Apr 29, 2019 |
| Oct 31, 2018 | San Ardo | Accident | 2 citations 1 repeat | $10,600 | $10,600 | May 13, 2019 |
| Jan 6, 2016 | Sacramento | Planned | 5 citations | $925 | $925 | Sep 20, 2016 |
| Jan 5, 2016 | Sacramento | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | Jul 17, 2018 |
| Feb 21, 2014 | Sacramento | Planned | 1 citation | $110 | $110 | May 13, 2014 |
| Sep 26, 2013 | Tupman | Accident | death no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 4, 2013 |
| Feb 26, 2013 | Sacramento | Planned | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | May 3, 2013 |
| Jan 30, 2012 | Sacramento | Planned | 1 citation | $75 | $75 | Jun 29, 2012 |
| Nov 30, 2009 | Sacramento | Planned | 1 citation | $130 | $130 | Apr 7, 2010 |
| Nov 4, 2008 | McKittrick | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Mar 11, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Geo Drilling Fluids Inc dba Industrial Minerals CO; Geo Drilling Fluids Inc dba Industrial Minerals IN; Geo Drilling Fluids, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 2 citations, $13,000
- 8 CCR 3277: 2 citations, $405
- 8 CCR 2713: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3210, Guardrails at elevated locations: 1 citation, $625
- 8 CCR 6507: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 6661: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3220, Emergency action plan: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Sacramento employment lawyer.
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 Geo Drilling Fluids, 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.