Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands Inc safety record at a glance
Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands Inc has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 2, 2000 and Sep 16, 2009. 10 of them were planned inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 3 serious. Inspectors proposed $28,000 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,340. The largest single penalty, $5,940, came from an inspection opened Mar 21, 2002 in San Juan Capistrano. That places the employer at #12,661 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 San Juan Capistrano, Riverside.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2009 | San Juan Capistrano | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | Nov 25, 2009 |
| Jul 10, 2008 | Riverside | Planned | 1 citation | $400 | Nov 21, 2008 |
| Nov 1, 2007 | San Juan Capistrano | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 13, 2007 |
| Aug 2, 2007 | Riverside | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 9, 2007 |
| Mar 8, 2007 | San Juan Capistrano | Planned | 1 citation 1 serious | $4,050 | Jul 13, 2007 |
| Aug 11, 2006 | Riverside | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Aug 16, 2006 |
| Jul 24, 2006 | Riverside | Planned | no citations | $0 | Aug 15, 2006 |
| May 4, 2006 | San Juan Capistrano | Planned | 1 citation | $225 | Mar 26, 2008 |
| Oct 29, 2002 | San Juan Capistrano | Planned | 2 citations | $450 | Feb 3, 2003 |
| Mar 21, 2002 | San Juan Capistrano | Referral | 2 citations 2 serious | $5,940 $21,600 proposed | Sep 20, 2006 |
| Oct 11, 2001 | San Juan Capistrano | Follow-up | no citations | $0 | Oct 11, 2001 |
| Oct 3, 2001 | San Juan Capistrano | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | Jun 6, 2005 |
| Jun 29, 2000 | San Juan Capistrano | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $375 | Feb 15, 2001 |
| Mar 14, 2000 | San Juan Capistrano | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | Nov 2, 2000 |
| Feb 2, 2000 | San Juan Capistrano | Planned | no citations | $0 | Mar 14, 2000 |
Also recorded as: Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands; Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, 1 serious, $4,275
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 1 citation, 1 serious, $5,400
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 1 citation, 1 serious, $540
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $400
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 7016, Haulage Vehicle, Construction and Maintenance: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 1 citation, $300
Local pages: Riverside 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. 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 Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands 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 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.