IMC CHEMICALS INC
13200 MAIN STREET, TRONA, CA 93562 · NAICS 212391 Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining
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Inspection records
Aug 24, 2001#125968313Aug 24, 2001FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#125968313$4,1203 viol.3 violations$4,120 in penalties
Inspection #125968313
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 24, 2001
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 24, 2001
- Closed
- Oct 31, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 135
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,120
- Penalties on Record
- $4,120
- Site Address
- 13200 Main Street, Trona, CA 93562
- Industry
- 212391 Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee killed when head struck by pneumatic conveyor
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program OSHA citation code: 3203 A04 | Other | 1 | 1 | $185 | $185 | Oct 2, 2001 | - | - |
| 01002 | 3329 Pipe Lines OSHA citation code: 3329 D | Other | 1 | 1 | $560 | $560 | Oct 2, 2001 | - | - |
| 02001 | 3314 The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout OSHA citation code: 3314 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $3,375 | $3,375 | Oct 2, 2001 | - | - |
Jul 26, 2000#126036359Jul 26, 2000Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#126036359$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #126036359
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 26, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 10, 2000
- Closed
- Sep 8, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 300
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 13200 Main Street, Trona, CA 93562
- Industry
- 212391 Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
May 21, 1998#125896209May 21, 1998Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#125896209$3751 viol.1 violation$375 in penalties
Inspection #125896209
Dates
- Opened
- May 21, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- May 21, 1998
- Closed
- Oct 2, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 700
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $375
- Penalties on Record
- $375
- Site Address
- 13200 Main Street, Trona, CA 93562
- Industry
- 212391 Potash, Soda, and Borate Mineral Mining
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee suffers finger amputation
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3314 The Control of Hazardous Energy for the Cleaning, Repairing, Servicing, Setting-Up, and Adjusting Operations of Prime Movers, Machinery and Equipment, Including Lockout/Tagout OSHA citation code: 3314 A | Other | 1 | 4 | $375 | $375 | Jul 31, 1998 | - | - |
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About these records
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OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
3 inspections, 1998 to 2001. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Mining (except Oil and Gas), 2,260 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.