Mining Incidents

Orosi Quarry 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.
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
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
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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 5 0 1071.6
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 1 0
2009 Q4 0 16 9
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.

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The full compliance file on Orosi Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.