Michaels Arts & Crafts safety record at a glance
Michaels Arts & Crafts has been the subject of 9 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 29, 2000 and Sep 17, 2020. 8 of them were complaint inspections. 7 of them produced citations, 26 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $13,910 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $12,935. The largest single penalty, $8,150, came from an inspection opened May 7, 2013 in Clovis. That places the employer at #12,008 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade. Worksites in Chula Vista, Visalia, Clovis, Pleasant Hill, Granada Hills, San Jose.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2020 | Chula Vista | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 23, 2020 |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Visalia | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Mar 14, 2019 |
| May 9, 2013 | Clovis | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 15, 2013 |
| May 7, 2013 | Clovis | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $9,125 | $8,150 | Feb 26, 2014 |
| Mar 22, 2010 | Pleasant Hill | Complaint | 1 citation | $600 | $600 | Mar 30, 2010 |
| Jan 20, 2005 | Clovis | Complaint | 1 citation | $185 | $185 | Jul 13, 2006 |
| Sep 18, 2002 | Granada Hills | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,095 | $1,095 | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Apr 17, 2002 | San Jose | Complaint | 13 citations | $2,475 | $2,475 | Jul 19, 2006 |
| Sep 29, 2000 | San Jose | Complaint | 2 citations | $150 | $150 | Sep 12, 2002 |
Also recorded as: Michaels Arts and Crafts.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 6 citations, $1,045
- 8 CCR 6151, Portable fire extinguishers: 4 citations, $785
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,150
- 8 CCR 3241, Live loads: 2 citations, $825
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 2 citations, $355
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $5,000
- 8 CCR 461: 1 citation, $275
- 8 CCR 3225: 1 citation, $225
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Chula Vista employment lawyer, Visalia employment lawyer, Clovis 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 Michaels Arts & Crafts
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.