Golden Queen Mining Company, LLC safety record at a glance
Golden Queen Mining Company, LLC has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 20, 2000 and Oct 4, 2023. 13 of them were planned inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 21 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $7,120 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $6,720. The largest single penalty, $2,100, came from an inspection opened Mar 29, 2016 in Mojave. That places the employer at #19,815 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Mojave.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2023 | Mojave | Planned | 5 citations | $1,820 | $1,820 | Mar 27, 2024 |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Mojave | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Oct 24, 2022 |
| Jul 13, 2021 | Mojave | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $400 | 0 | Oct 10, 2022 |
| Feb 20, 2020 | Mojave | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 1, 2020 |
| Nov 6, 2019 | Mojave | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 5, 2019 |
| Sep 25, 2018 | Mojave | Planned | 4 citations | $1,250 | $1,250 | Mar 20, 2019 |
| Dec 14, 2017 | Mojave | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Jan 30, 2018 |
| Feb 16, 2017 | Mojave | Planned | 2 citations | $600 | $600 | May 22, 2017 |
| May 19, 2016 | Mojave | Planned | 1 citation | $200 | $200 | Jul 22, 2016 |
| Mar 29, 2016 | Mojave | Planned | 6 citations | $2,100 | $2,100 | Jun 3, 2016 |
| Mar 1, 2016 | Mojave | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Mar 4, 2016 |
| Feb 13, 2015 | Mojave | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 13, 2015 |
| Sep 26, 2002 | Mojave | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Oct 4, 2002 |
| Feb 26, 2002 | Mojave | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 28, 2002 |
| Jan 17, 2001 | Mojave | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 24, 2001 |
| Jan 20, 2000 | Mojave | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 25, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Golden Queen Mining Company, Inc.; Golden Queen Mining CO., LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 3 citations, $860
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, $720
- 8 CCR 5204: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 2812.3: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $450
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 4051: 1 citation, $300
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 Golden Queen Mining Company, LLC
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.