Western Mesquite Mines, Inc. safety record at a glance
Western Mesquite Mines, Inc. has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Dec 6, 2006 and Sep 14, 2026. 13 of them were planned inspections. 8 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $4,320 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $4,220. The largest single penalty, $1,725, came from an inspection opened Apr 29, 2025 in Brawley. That places the employer at #27,846 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 Brawley.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Brawley | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Brawley | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,725 | $1,725 | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Brawley | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2023 |
| Feb 22, 2023 | Brawley | Planned | 3 citations | $980 | $980 | Jun 6, 2023 |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Brawley | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 25, 2021 |
| Nov 13, 2019 | Brawley | Planned | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jan 9, 2020 |
| Jul 16, 2018 | Brawley | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 27, 2018 |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Brawley | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | May 22, 2017 |
| Apr 19, 2016 | Brawley | Planned | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Sep 25, 2017 |
| Jan 15, 2015 | Brawley | Planned | 1 citation | $150 | $150 | Feb 12, 2016 |
| Nov 20, 2014 | Brawley | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 2, 2014 |
| Nov 7, 2012 | Brawley | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 18, 2012 |
| May 11, 2010 | Brawley | Planned | 1 citation | $300 | $300 | Aug 18, 2010 |
| Jan 21, 2009 | Brawley | Planned | 1 citation | $400 | $300 | May 15, 2009 |
| Oct 8, 2008 | Brawley | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 14, 2008 |
| Dec 6, 2006 | Brawley | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 11, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Western Mesquite Mines Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 4650: 2 citations, $485
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 4839: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 7010: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 4850: 1 citation, $420
- 8 CCR 6960: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2340.22: 1 citation, $300
- 8 CCR 2812: 1 citation, $280
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 Western Mesquite Mines, 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.