Data / Mines / California / Deer Creek Asphalt
Deer Creek Asphalt: 87 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Deer Creek Asphalt is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Tulare County, California, operated by Deer Creek Rock Co with 21 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0404289). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 87 citations and orders there with $89,290 in proposed penalties, and 5 accident reports were filed there, with 5 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0404289
- Status
- Active since October 19, 2006
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Tulare County, California
- Nearest town
- Porterville
- Operator
- Deer Creek Rock Co
- Employees
- 21
- MSHA field office
- San Bernardino CA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 87
- Significant and substantial
- 22 (25.3%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 17
- Proposed penalties
- $89,290
- Amount paid so far
- $89,290
- Inspections
- 18
- Inspector hours on site
- 169
- Citations per inspection
- 4.83 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 5
- Injury and illness cases
- 5
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- August 24, 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 | 12 | 5 | $5,266 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5 | $25,194 | 0 |
| 2024 | 20 | 3 | $18,273 | 0 |
| 2025 | 22 | 7 | $32,331 | 1 |
| 2026 | 15 | 2 | $8,226 | 4 |
Standards cited most at Deer Creek Asphalt
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 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 12 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14103 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4102 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.13020 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Deer Creek Asphalt
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 5 |
What the accident reports at Deer Creek Asphalt describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Fire | 2 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Deer Creek Asphalt
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (powered) | 2 |
| Conveyor | 1 |
Other open mines in Tulare County, California
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tule River/success Dam | Porterville Rock and Recycle Inc | Tulare County, CA | Construction sand and gravel | 39 | 30 |
| Orosi Quarry | Granite Construction Company | Tulare County, CA | Construction sand and gravel | 21 | 28 |
| Kaweah South | Santa Fe Aggregates | Tulare County, CA | Sand, common | 10 | 28 |
| Fountain Springs | Porterville Rock and Recycle Inc | Tulare County, CA | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 5 |
| Decomposed Granite Pit (LG) | Porterville Rock and Recycle Inc | Tulare County, CA | Crushed, broken granite | 2 | 2 |
| Foothill Granite LLC | Vollmer Excavation, Inc. | Tulare County, CA | Crushed, broken granite | 2 | 1 |
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.