Gottschalks safety record at a glance
Gottschalks has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Mar 13, 2000 and Aug 5, 2008. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 2 of them produced citations, 4 in all: 0 serious. Inspectors proposed $1,780 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $1,780. The largest single penalty, $1,500, came from an inspection opened Jan 25, 2006 in Fresno. That places the employer at #42,374 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Other Services (except Public Administration); Retail Trade. Worksites in Palmdale, Eureka, Hanford, Visalia, Fresno, Chico, Sacramento, Oakhurst.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2008 | Palmdale | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 16, 2008 |
| Dec 13, 2007 | Eureka | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 17, 2007 |
| Sep 18, 2007 | Hanford | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 11, 2007 |
| Jun 6, 2006 | Visalia | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 21, 2006 |
| Jan 25, 2006 | Fresno | Complaint | 3 citations | $1,500 | $1,500 | Dec 3, 2007 |
| Oct 20, 2005 | Chico | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 22, 2005 |
| Oct 16, 2003 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 9, 2003 |
| Jul 31, 2003 | Sacramento | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 24, 2004 |
| Apr 20, 2001 | Oakhurst | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 24, 2001 |
| Mar 13, 2000 | Sacramento | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Dec 6, 2000 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3225: 1 citation, $750
- 8 CCR 3362, General sanitation requirements: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 3272: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 1529, Asbestos (construction): 1 citation, $280
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Palmdale employment lawyer.
How to read this record
Each row is one inspection by Cal/OSHA (or, rarely, federal OSHA) of one worksite. Why is the reason it was opened. Proposed is the penalty the inspector assessed; penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement. "Serious" means a realistic possibility of death or serious harm; "willful" and "repeat" carry penalties up to $162,851 each.
Citations document that the employer was told, in writing, what the rule required and when. That knowledge is often the center of a retaliation case: a worker who complained about the hazard an inspector later cited, and was then fired or cut, has a Labor Code 6310 claim, with lost wages and attorney's fees.
Full explainer: how to read a Cal/OSHA record.
If you work, or worked, at Gottschalks
Write down what you reported, to whom and when, and what changed afterward: shifts, pay, duties, write-ups. Request the inspection file from the Cal/OSHA district office using the activity number on the inspection page. An injury goes through workers' compensation; a firing, demotion or threat after a safety complaint or injury report is an employment claim with a one-year deadline at the Labor Commissioner (Labor Code 6310) and a longer one in court. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088 or send what you have.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, California inspections. Record last checked Nov 1, 2026. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.