Specialty Minerals Inc. safety record at a glance
Specialty Minerals Inc. has been the subject of 15 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Oct 8, 2008 and Nov 18, 2025. 12 of them were planned inspections. 13 of them produced citations, 33 in all: 0 serious, 2 repeat. Inspectors proposed $16,290 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $14,540. The largest single penalty, $4,935, came from an inspection opened Nov 14, 2024 in Lucerne Valley. That places the employer at #10,662 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 Lucerne Valley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2025 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 2 citations | $750 | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2024 | Lucerne Valley | Unprogrammed related | 7 citations | $4,935 $6,685 proposed | open |
| Jul 12, 2021 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 2 citations | $420 | Sep 28, 2021 |
| Dec 3, 2019 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 2 citations | $525 | Mar 26, 2020 |
| Dec 11, 2018 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 4 citations 1 repeat | $2,810 | Mar 6, 2019 |
| Jan 22, 2018 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 3 citations 1 repeat | $2,025 | Mar 5, 2018 |
| Aug 23, 2016 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 5 citations | $1,200 | Dec 12, 2016 |
| Aug 11, 2016 | Lucerne Valley | Complaint | 1 citation | $450 | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Aug 11, 2016 | Lucerne Valley | Complaint | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | Feb 5, 2016 |
| Jun 17, 2013 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 1 citation | $0 | Apr 1, 2016 |
| May 3, 2012 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 2 citations | $375 | Jun 19, 2012 |
| Nov 16, 2010 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | Jan 25, 2011 |
| Nov 18, 2009 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | no citations | $0 | Nov 30, 2009 |
| Oct 8, 2008 | Lucerne Valley | Planned | 2 citations | $450 | Jan 2, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Specialty Minerals Inc; Specialty Minerals, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 2 citations, $2,550
- 8 CCR 3221, Fire prevention plan: 2 citations, $1,950
- 8 CCR 2340.12, Mechanical Execution of Work: 2 citations, $465
- 8 CCR 4650, Storage, Handling, and Use of Cylinders: 2 citations, $435
- 8 CCR 3944, Guard Clearances: 2 citations, $375
- 8 CCR 3214, Stair rails and handrails: 2 citations, $280
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,250
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $485
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 Specialty Minerals 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.