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Garey Rock Plant: 23 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Garey Rock Plant is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Santa Barbara County, California, operated by CalPortland Company with 10 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0403031). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 23 citations and orders there with $13,677 in proposed penalties, and 6 accident reports were filed there, with 6 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0403031
- Status
- Active since January 31, 1980
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Santa Barbara County, California
- Nearest town
- Santa Maria
- Operator
- CalPortland Company
- Parent company
- Taiheiyo Cement Corp
- Employees
- 10
- MSHA field office
- San Bernardino CA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 23
- Significant and substantial
- 7 (30.4%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 4
- Proposed penalties
- $13,677
- Amount paid so far
- $13,677
- Inspections
- 9
- Inspector hours on site
- 123
- Citations per inspection
- 2.56 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 6
- Injury and illness cases
- 6
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 18, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | $3,041 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 | $8,151 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | $1,716 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | $618 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Garey Rock Plant
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.16001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14115 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.3130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Garey Rock Plant
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 3 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 3 |
What the accident reports at Garey Rock Plant describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Powered haulage | 2 |
| Handling of materials | 2 |
| Machinery | 1 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Garey Rock Plant
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 1 |
| Scraper loader | 1 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - on highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Santa Barbara County, California
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imerys Lompoc Plant | Imerys Filtration Minerals, Inc. | Santa Barbara County, CA | Diatomaceous earth (diatomite) | 198 | 249 |
| Sisquoc Aggregates | Martin Marietta Northern California Aggregates,LLC | Santa Barbara County, CA | Construction sand and gravel | 12 | 15 |
| Bee Rock Quarry | Granite Construction Company | Santa Barbara County, CA | Crushed, broken limestone | 7 | 15 |
| Troesh Recycling, Inc. DBA RoXsand | RoXsand | Santa Barbara County, CA | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 14 |
| Solvang Plant | Buellflat Rock Co Inc | Santa Barbara County, CA | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 12 |
| Gordon Sand Co | Gordon Sand Co | Santa Barbara County, CA | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 11 |
| Ellwood Pit | Santa Barbara Sand & Top Soil | Santa Barbara County, CA | Sand, industrial | 5 | 3 |
| Parks Quarry | Granite Construction Company | Santa Barbara County, CA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 1 |
| Acin Ranch | Sepulveda Building Materials Lompoc Inc | Santa Barbara County, CA | Dimension stone | 2 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.