Specialty Granules LLC safety record at a glance
Specialty Granules LLC has been the subject of 8 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 10, 2012 and Mar 27, 2025. 7 of them were planned inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 17 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $5,150 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,150. The largest single penalty, $2,055, came from an inspection opened Mar 8, 2022 in Ione. That places the employer at #24,567 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 Ione.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2025 | Ione | Planned | 3 citations | $1,050 | $1,050 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Ione | Accident | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Jan 30, 2023 |
| Mar 8, 2022 | Ione | Planned | 6 citations | $2,055 | $2,055 | Jul 11, 2022 |
| Dec 4, 2018 | Ione | Planned | 3 citations | $745 | $745 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| Jun 29, 2016 | Ione | Planned | 4 citations | $700 | $700 | Jun 6, 2017 |
| Jul 17, 2014 | Ione | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 25, 2014 |
| Jul 3, 2013 | Ione | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 5, 2013 |
| Jul 10, 2012 | Ione | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 17, 2012 |
Also recorded as: Specialty Granules Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 2 citations, $450
- 8 CCR 7046: 1 citation, $935
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3270: 1 citation, $525
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 1 citation, $465
- 8 CCR 6968: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 4070: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 7010: 1 citation, $350
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.
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If you work, or worked, at Specialty Granules LLC
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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.