Recycled Base Materials, Inc. safety record at a glance
Recycled Base Materials, Inc. has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 25, 2003 and Apr 22, 2026. 3 of them were programmed related inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $96,595 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $65,810. The largest single penalty, $41,925, came from an inspection opened Apr 21, 2022 in South Gate. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #952 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction; Manufacturing; Construction. Worksites in Santa Maria, Porterville, Linden, Coachella, Lee Vining, South Gate, Sun Valley, Vernon.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | Santa Maria | Programmed related | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Porterville | Programmed related | 2 citations | $1,000 | $1,000 | open |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Linden | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 7, 2024 |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Coachella | Fatality or catastrophe | death 2 citations 1 serious | $21,875 | $21,875 | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Oct 18, 2022 | Lee Vining | Planned | 2 citations | $410 | $110 | Jan 13, 2025 |
| Apr 21, 2022 | South Gate | Fatality or catastrophe | death 9 citations 3 serious | $52,050 | $41,925 | open |
| Feb 25, 2016 | Sun Valley | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Feb 29, 2016 |
| Mar 25, 2003 | Vernon | Accident | 3 citations | $21,260 | $900 | Oct 7, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Recycled Base Materials, Inc; Recycled Base Materials Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,450
- 8 CCR 3380, Personal protective equipment: 2 citations, $1,175
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 1590: 1 citation, 1 serious, $21,600
- 8 CCR 4070: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3209: 1 citation, 1 serious, $9,000
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $1,125
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Santa Maria 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 Recycled Base Materials, 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.