Hignell Incorporated safety record at a glance
Hignell Incorporated has been the subject of 11 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 30, 2004 and Jun 7, 2023. 4 of them were referral inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 14 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $33,705 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $19,645. The largest single penalty, $9,560, came from an inspection opened Oct 11, 2017 in Chico. That places the employer at #6,862 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Real Estate and Rental and Leasing; Construction. Worksites in Oroville, Paradise, Chico, Redding, Gridley.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2023 | Oroville | Referral | 2 citations | $750 | $750 | Jun 19, 2023 |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Oroville | Referral | 2 citations | $900 | $900 | Apr 17, 2023 |
| Nov 25, 2020 | Paradise | Follow-up | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Chico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 29, 2020 |
| Dec 9, 2019 | Paradise | Follow-up | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Jan 17, 2020 |
| Oct 11, 2017 | Chico | Accident | 2 citations | $18,560 | $9,560 | Jul 19, 2018 |
| Jun 20, 2017 | Redding | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 5, 2017 |
| May 17, 2017 | Redding | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 17, 2017 |
| Sep 19, 2008 | Gridley | Complaint | 6 citations 1 serious | $12,745 | $7,685 | Jul 2, 2011 |
| Aug 4, 2005 | Chico | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 16, 2005 |
| Jun 30, 2004 | Oroville | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 30, 2004 |
Also recorded as: Hignell, Inc.; Hignell; Hignell Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1532.1, Lead (construction): 6 citations, 1 serious, $7,685
- 8 CCR 1644, Metal scaffolds: 2 citations, $900
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 2 citations, $750
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 1 citation, $9,000
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 1512, Emergency medical services (construction): 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Chico 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 Hignell Incorporated
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.