Paul Mello Construction, Inc. safety record at a glance
Paul Mello Construction, Inc. has been the subject of 16 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 28, 2017 and Sep 9, 2026. 7 of them were referral inspections. 9 of them produced citations, 15 in all: 0 serious, 1 repeat. Inspectors proposed $13,120 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $9,505. The largest single penalty, $3,000, came from an inspection opened Feb 7, 2020 in Chico. That places the employer at #15,699 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Construction. Worksites in Chico, Chester, Oroville, Orland, Corning.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Chico | Planned | open, no citations yet | 0 | 0 | open |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Chico | Follow-up | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Jan 12, 2024 | Chico | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 23, 2024 |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Chester | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Chico | Follow-up | 2 citations | $730 | $730 | Jan 30, 2023 |
| Dec 14, 2021 | Chico | Referral | 2 citations 1 repeat | $1,255 | $1,255 | Feb 4, 2022 |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Chico | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 10, 2021 |
| Apr 22, 2020 | Chico | Referral | 2 citations | $560 | $560 | Aug 13, 2020 |
| Feb 7, 2020 | Chico | Follow-up | 1 citation | $4,500 | $3,000 | Aug 23, 2021 |
| Aug 26, 2019 | Chico | Referral | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Feb 10, 2020 |
| Oct 23, 2018 | Chico | Accident | 3 citations | $4,870 | $3,000 | Sep 9, 2019 |
| Jan 30, 2018 | Chico | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 1, 2018 |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Chico | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 3, 2018 |
| Sep 1, 2017 | Oroville | Referral | 2 citations | $260 | $100 | Feb 22, 2018 |
| Sep 1, 2017 | Orland | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 5, 2017 |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Corning | Referral | 1 citation | $195 | $110 | Feb 22, 2018 |
Also recorded as: Paul Mello Construction Inc.; Paul Mello Construction Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3276, Portable ladders: 6 citations, $2,095
- 8 CCR 1716.2: 2 citations, $3,375
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 2 citations, $3,000
- 8 CCR 1716.1: 2 citations, $730
- 8 CCR 3382: 1 citation, $205
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $50
- 8 CCR 1509, Injury and Illness Prevention Program (construction): 1 citation, $50
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 Paul Mello Construction, 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.