McHale Sign Company, Inc. safety record at a glance
McHale Sign Company, Inc. has been the subject of 12 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jan 13, 2000 and Oct 1, 2026. 6 of them were referral inspections. 6 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 5 serious. Inspectors proposed $10,855 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $8,625. The largest single penalty, $3,240, came from an inspection opened Nov 9, 2000 in Arcata. That places the employer at #16,719 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Manufacturing. Worksites in Anderson, Redding, Chico, Arcata.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Anderson | Referral | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Jan 12, 2024 | Anderson | Referral | 1 citation | $335 | $185 | Mar 4, 2024 |
| Sep 14, 2023 | Redding | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 20, 2023 |
| May 24, 2022 | Redding | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 6, 2022 |
| Dec 13, 2017 | Anderson | Referral | 1 citation | $625 | $625 | Feb 7, 2018 |
| May 4, 2017 | Redding | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Aug 30, 2016 | Redding | Referral | 4 citations 1 serious | $3,845 | $2,200 | Jan 4, 2017 |
| Oct 27, 2010 | Redding | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 29, 2010 |
| Dec 9, 2009 | Redding | Planned | 3 citations | $885 | $450 | Apr 14, 2010 |
| Jan 31, 2005 | Chico | Planned | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Nov 9, 2000 | Arcata | Unprogrammed related | 3 citations 3 serious | $3,240 | $3,240 | Sep 18, 2006 |
| Jan 13, 2000 | Redding | Referral | 3 citations 1 serious | $1,925 | $1,925 | Jul 31, 2000 |
Also recorded as: McHale Sign; McHale Sign CO; McHale Sign CO.; McHale Sign CO. Inc.; McHale Sign CO Inc.; McHale Sign CO Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 3 citations, 1 serious, $3,135
- 8 CCR 3648: 2 citations, $800
- 8 CCR 1675: 2 citations, 2 serious, $540
- 8 CCR 3646: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,800
- 8 CCR 4999: 1 citation, 1 serious, $1,575
- 8 CCR 5144, Respiratory protection: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 5194, Hazard communication: 1 citation, $225
- 8 CCR 4923: 1 citation, $175
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 McHale Sign Company, 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.