Merical Incorporated safety record at a glance
Merical Incorporated has been the subject of 7 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jul 17, 2007 and Sep 9, 2026. 6 of them were accident inspections. 4 of them produced citations, 11 in all: 4 serious. Inspectors proposed $78,085 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $44,905. The largest single penalty, $18,975, came from an inspection opened Feb 25, 2009 in Orange. That places the employer at #1,816 of 122,853 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Administrative and Support and Waste Management Services; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade. Worksites in Anaheim, Orange.
Every inspection, newest first
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Anaheim | Accident | open, no citations yet | $0 | open |
| Mar 6, 2024 | Orange | Accident | no citations | $0 | Apr 8, 2024 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Anaheim | Complaint | no citations | $0 | Mar 3, 2023 |
| Sep 13, 2022 | Anaheim | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,525 $23,295 proposed | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Mar 1, 2018 | Orange | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,655 $23,200 proposed | Feb 10, 2021 |
| Feb 25, 2009 | Orange | Accident | 4 citations 1 serious | $18,975 $24,090 proposed | Oct 1, 2010 |
| Jul 17, 2007 | Anaheim | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $3,750 $7,500 proposed | Nov 17, 2008 |
Also recorded as: Merical, Inc; Merical LLC; Merical, LLC.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 5 citations, 2 serious, $37,125
- 8 CCR 4184, Cranes and derricks, general: 2 citations, 2 serious, $6,750
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $280
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, $525
- 8 CCR 3273, Working area, floors and walkways: 1 citation, $225
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Anaheim employment lawyer, Orange 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. Penalty is the current figure after any appeal or settlement; where it was reduced, the amount the inspector first proposed is shown under it. "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 Merical 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 4, 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.