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Orosi Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Granite Construction Company · Surface

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc

Orosi, Tulare County, CA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 0405727

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2009–2022
Latest incident: May 2022

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2007

104

citations

significant & substantial

$29,117

proposed penalties

$26,932

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	4,050	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,652	5	3	1885.4
2025 Q2	4,359	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	3,970	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	4,099	5	3	1219.8
2024 Q3	4,950	3	0	606.1
2024 Q2	5,969	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	3,265	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

May 11, 2022 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL

Papich Construction Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

Repairman was inside an electrical control room to program an electrical component for a piece of equipment. Repairman was on knees, tracing a wire down with right hand. Repairman went to stand up, grabbed the bottom of the enclosure to support self, and left wrist touched a 480 volt AC lead.

2011 · 1 incident

July 26, 2011 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STRIKING OR BUMPING

Haynes Equipment LLC · Struck against stationary object

Miner was repairing equipment. Other miner went to move excavator that they were using in repair. Injured miner went to stand up. Bucket on excavator was above him. It is unclear whether miner raised head into bucket or if bucket was moved down. Miner hit nose on cross member.

2009 · 1 incident

December 21, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal inspector SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Orosi Rock, LLC · Fall from machine

Each of 4 miners on duty confirmed conditions were dry and did not contribute to the accident. Eq. was in proper order at the time of the accident. EE was climbing onto the machine to do a morning pre-op, lost his balance and fell off of the machine. EE went to the emergency room, the doctor did a CT scan which was negative. However the EE fractured both wrists.