Searles Valley Minerals safety record at a glance
Searles Valley Minerals has been the subject of 22 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 31, 2004 and Sep 5, 2025. 11 of them were accident inspections. 16 of them produced citations, 27 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $137,235 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $71,725. The largest single penalty, $20,000, came from an inspection opened Mar 2, 2017 in Trona. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #810 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. Worksites in Trona.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | Trona | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Trona | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation 1 serious | $11,000 $18,000 proposed | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Trona | Planned | 6 citations | $2,725 $3,785 proposed | May 13, 2024 |
| Nov 2, 2021 | Trona | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Nov 8, 2021 |
| Apr 8, 2021 | Trona | Fatality or catastrophe | death no citations | $0 | Feb 17, 2022 |
| Jul 9, 2019 | Trona | Complaint | no inspection made | $0 | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Trona | Accident | 1 citation | $975 $18,000 proposed | Apr 6, 2020 |
| Mar 2, 2017 | Trona | Accident | 4 citations | $20,000 $30,000 proposed | Mar 22, 2021 |
| Apr 3, 2015 | Trona | Accident | 1 citation | $1,125 | Jan 27, 2016 |
| Nov 26, 2013 | Trona | Accident | 1 citation | $7,000 $18,000 proposed | Oct 24, 2014 |
| Jun 3, 2013 | Trona | Planned | 2 citations | $300 | Sep 17, 2014 |
| Oct 4, 2011 | Trona | Planned | no citations | $0 | Jan 21, 2012 |
| Aug 31, 2011 | Trona | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | Sep 27, 2011 |
| Aug 19, 2011 | Trona | Complaint | 1 citation | $300 | Sep 27, 2011 |
| Aug 3, 2010 | Trona | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | Mar 10, 2011 |
| Jul 26, 2010 | Trona | Accident | 1 citation | $400 | Feb 11, 2011 |
| Apr 26, 2010 | Trona | Accident | 3 citations 2 serious | $5,700 $25,125 proposed | Sep 21, 2015 |
| Aug 5, 2008 | Trona | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | Mar 24, 2010 |
| Oct 24, 2007 | Trona | Accident | 1 citation | $300 | Mar 28, 2011 |
| Mar 16, 2007 | Trona | Unprogrammed related | no citations | $0 | Aug 28, 2007 |
| Sep 27, 2005 | Trona | Accident | no citations | $0 | Aug 11, 2006 |
| Aug 31, 2004 | Trona | Complaint | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 | Oct 9, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Searles Valley Minerals Inc; Searles Valley Minerals - Westend Facility; Searles Valley Minerals, Inc.; Searles Valley Minerals, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 5189, Process Safety Management of Acutely Hazardous Materials: 6 citations, $1,715
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 4 citations, 2 serious, $14,300
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 3 citations, $4,050
- 8 CCR 3310, Discharge Location: 2 citations, 1 serious, $18,400
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, $7,375
- 8 CCR 467, Controls: 1 citation, $15,875
- 8 CCR 4075, Gears and Sprockets: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
Accidents investigated
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Searles Valley Minerals
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.