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Orosi Quarry: 104 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Orosi, Tulare County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405727

Orosi Quarry has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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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
35
significant & substantial
$29,117
proposed penalties
$26,932
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,185 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Granite Construction Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
32
inspections on record
557
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 557 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Orosi Quarry has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$29K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.7%
significant & substantial
24.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.7%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.4% low, 61.5% moderate, 24.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
23 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 18 · 78%
  • Stood as issued 5 · 22%
93%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 15 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $9K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-04-27.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2010-718M Settlement Manning 2011 $8K → $6K
WEST 2010-719M Settlement Manning 2011 $1K → $1K
WEST 2014-80M Default Lesnick 2014 $870 → $870
WEST 2015-0567 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $634 → $634
WEST 2010-750M Settlement Gill 2011 $400 → $400
WEST 2014-162M Settlement Miller 2014 $285 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-12-11
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-12-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 Cleanup Man
2023-11-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2013-09-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Orosi Rock, LLC 2007 to 2010
  2. Haynes Equipment LLC 2010 to 2011
  3. Sigma Rock 2011 to 2012
  4. Papich Construction Company Inc 2012 to 2026
  5. Granite Construction Company 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 8
2024 12
2023 19
2022 23
2021 11
2020 11
2019 11
2018 19
2016 2
2015 7
2014 9
2013 10
2012 5
2011 5
2010 2
2009 2
2008 6
2007 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Orosi Quarry sits in Tulare County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Tulare County, California · Population 475,774
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,489
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 4,667 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,961 0 0 0.0
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 4 2 975.8
2024 Q3 4,950 3 0 606.1
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,969 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,265 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,835 4 1 1410.9
2023 Q3 5,375 5 0 930.2
2023 Q2 6,538 2 0 305.9
2023 Q1 4,061 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,236 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,451 2 1 366.9
2022 Q2 4,909 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,212 3 0 934.0
2021 Q4 3,469 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,029 1 0 248.2
2021 Q2 4,753 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,151 2 1 929.8
2020 Q4 4,566 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,666 1 0 214.3
2020 Q2 4,926 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,050 3 2 594.1
2019 Q4 2,851 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,228 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,214 3 2 575.4
2019 Q1 1,389 2 1 1439.9
2018 Q4 2,102 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,987 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,409 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 18 1 0 55555.6
2016 Q2 176 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 905 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,592 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,096 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,096 2 1 954.2
2014 Q4 2,636 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,262 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,422 2 0 452.3
2014 Q1 4,486 5 0 1114.6
2013 Q4 5,018 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,094 14 5 2297.3
2013 Q2 4,345 3 1 690.4
2013 Q1 3,320 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,682 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,884 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,502 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,269 2 0 611.8
2010 Q4 1,671 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,542 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 4 1
2009 Q3 832 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 652 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 664 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,723 9 4 3305.2
2008 Q3 1,915 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,595 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,868 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,331 4 1 3005.3
2007 Q3 1,825 0 0 0.0
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.