Michaels Stores Inc. safety record at a glance
Michaels Stores Inc. has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 22, 2000 and Aug 30, 2024. 4 of them were complaint inspections. 5 of them produced citations, 16 in all: 2 serious. Inspectors proposed $31,305 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $28,525. The largest single penalty, $18,935, came from an inspection opened Apr 23, 2019 in Lancaster. That places the employer at #3,837 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Retail Trade; Transportation and Warehousing. Worksites in Studio City, Lancaster, Tustin, Glendale, Los Angeles.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2024 | Studio City | Accident | 1 citation | $5,000 | $3,000 | May 14, 2026 |
| Apr 23, 2019 | Lancaster | Accident | 3 citations 1 serious | $18,935 | $18,935 | Oct 25, 2019 |
| May 12, 2015 | Tustin | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 8, 2015 |
| Oct 27, 2010 | Glendale | Complaint | 3 citations | $2,135 | $2,135 | Feb 17, 2011 |
| Jan 13, 2006 | Lancaster | Complaint | 4 citations 1 serious | $3,930 | $3,150 | Oct 16, 2006 |
| Aug 22, 2000 | Los Angeles | Complaint | 5 citations | $1,305 | $1,305 | Mar 6, 2001 |
Also recorded as: Michaels Stores, Inc.; Michaels Stores Inc; Michaels Stores, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $20,700
- 8 CCR 2340.16, Electrical work space: 2 citations, $520
- 8 CCR 342, Reporting serious injuries and deaths: 1 citation, $3,000
- 8 CCR 3339: 1 citation, $1,125
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 1 citation, $675
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 3664, Industrial trucks, operator training: 1 citation, $375
- 8 CCR 4300.29: 1 citation, $375
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Lancaster 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 Stores Inc.
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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.