M J Shelton General Engineering Inc safety record at a glance
M J Shelton General Engineering Inc has been the subject of 10 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 16, 2017 and Jul 23, 2026. 5 of them were planned inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 6 in all: 0 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $5,780 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $5,780. The largest single penalty, $4,280, came from an inspection opened Oct 11, 2022 in Chico. That places the employer at #22,255 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Paradise, Chico, Oroville, Corning.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | Paradise | Unprogrammed related | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Chico | Referral | 2 citations | $1,050 | $1,050 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Oroville | Programmed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 14, 2023 |
| Oct 11, 2022 | Chico | Planned | 3 citations 1 repeat | $4,280 | $4,280 | Nov 22, 2022 |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Chico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 17, 2022 |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Chico | Planned | no inspection made | 0 | 0 | Aug 26, 2022 |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Chico | Planned | 1 citation | $450 | $450 | Aug 18, 2022 |
| May 15, 2019 | Chico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 15, 2019 |
| Jun 27, 2018 | Chico | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 18, 2018 |
| Jun 16, 2017 | Corning | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 5, 2017 |
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1541.1, Excavations, protective systems: 2 citations, $3,950
- 8 CCR 1541, Excavations, general: 2 citations, $780
- 8 CCR 1952: 1 citation, $600
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $450
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 M J Shelton General Engineering Inc
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.