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E & J Gallo Winery Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

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E & J Gallo Winery: 43 inspections, 29 citations and $111,180 in penalties, latest opened Sep 24, 2026.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,854 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

E & J Gallo Winery safety record at a glance

E & J Gallo Winery has been the subject of 43 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Feb 24, 2000 and Sep 24, 2026. 20 of them were accident inspections. 16 of them produced citations, 29 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $134,380 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $111,180. The largest single penalty, $25,450, came from an inspection opened Sep 9, 2015 in Healdsburg. That places the employer at #355 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. The same employer has 1 WARN layoff notice on file with the EDD. It also appears in 4 federal wage and hour cases.

Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Livingston, Saint Helena, Modesto, Fresno, Healdsburg.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
Sep 24, 2026LivingstonAccidentopen, no citations yet00open
Aug 20, 2026LivingstonAccidentopen, no citations yet00open
Aug 4, 2026Saint HelenaComplaintno citations00Oct 8, 2026
Jan 20, 2026ModestoComplaintno citations00Jul 15, 2026
Jul 24, 2024ModestoAccidentno citations00Nov 20, 2024
Jun 20, 2024ModestoComplaintno citations00Nov 25, 2024
Apr 18, 2024FresnoAccident2 citations 2 serious$23,735$23,735open
Feb 23, 2024ModestoComplaintno citations00Aug 21, 2024
Apr 11, 2023ModestoComplaintno citations00May 19, 2023
Sep 12, 2022FresnoAccidentno citations00Nov 30, 2022
Sep 22, 2021Saint HelenaAccident3 citations 2 serious$24,500$14,985Jan 2, 2023
Jun 3, 2021ModestoAccident1 citation$420$420Aug 2, 2021
Oct 22, 2019LivingstonAccidentno citations00Feb 24, 2020
Oct 3, 2019FresnoAccident1 citation 1 serious$18,000$18,000May 23, 2025
Sep 12, 2019ModestoComplaintno citations00Mar 2, 2020
Jan 10, 2019LivingstonAccident1 citation$450$450Mar 21, 2019
Oct 5, 2018LivingstonAccident1 citation$280$280Mar 4, 2019
Jun 5, 2018ModestoAccident2 citations$4,710$3,210Jan 18, 2019
May 2, 2018ModestoComplaint2 citations$420$420Sep 5, 2018
Sep 13, 2017ModestoPlanned1 citation 1 serious$3,375$185Nov 19, 2018
May 11, 2017FresnoUnprogrammed related1 citation 1 serious$15,300$6,300Oct 22, 2018
May 17, 2016ModestoReferralno citations00Jun 3, 2016
Mar 18, 2016ModestoComplaintno citations00May 13, 2016
Nov 5, 2015FresnoReferral3 citations$1,350$450Oct 17, 2016
Sep 9, 2015HealdsburgAccident2 citations 1 serious$18,450$25,450Jun 11, 2018
Jun 30, 2015FresnoAccidentno citations00Dec 31, 2015
Jan 13, 2015ModestoProgrammed relatedno citations00Feb 5, 2015
Oct 2, 2014FresnoAccident4 citations 1 serious$8,435$8,435Mar 22, 2016
May 13, 2013FresnoComplaintno citations00May 30, 2013
Aug 9, 2012HealdsburgAccidentno citations00Sep 7, 2012
Dec 20, 2011ModestoReferral2 citations 1 serious$3,875$3,875Apr 25, 2012
Sep 20, 2011ModestoComplaintno citations00Dec 19, 2011
Oct 6, 2010ModestoComplaintno citations00Nov 4, 2011
Mar 26, 2010ModestoComplaintno citations00Apr 12, 2010
Dec 22, 2009ModestoAccidentno citations00May 10, 2011
Jan 8, 2008ModestoAccidentno citations00Mar 14, 2008
Oct 25, 2007LivingstonAccident1 citation 1 serious$4,050$4,050Jul 20, 2010
Sep 14, 2006ModestoComplaintno citations00Nov 20, 2006
Apr 4, 2005LivingstonAccidentno citations00Apr 29, 2005
Jul 16, 2003HealdsburgComplaintno citations00Jul 16, 2003
Jun 12, 2003FresnoComplaint2 citations$7,030$935Dec 1, 2007
May 7, 2002FresnoComplaintno citations00May 7, 2002
Feb 24, 2000ModestoComplaintno citations00Mar 15, 2000

Also recorded as: E. & J. Gallo Winery; E&j Gallo Winery.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Sep 16, 2021, Saint Helena. Employee sustains concussion and fractures hip in fall off l 1 hospitalized Inspection
May 26, 2021, Modesto. Employee?s fingertip is lacerated while hand drilling on lad Inspection
Oct 14, 2019, Livingston. Employee suffers concussion in slip and fall 1 hospitalized Inspection
Aug 26, 2019, Fresno. Employee fractures leg when struck by wine hose 1 hospitalized Inspection
Dec 20, 2018, Livingston. Employee amputates fingertip in valve stem while filling tan 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 1, 2018, Livingston. Employee amputates thumb when struck by tool 1 hospitalized Inspection
May 30, 2018, Modesto. Employee amputates fingertip between belt and roller Inspection
Aug 7, 2012, Healdsburg. Employee Injured in Tractor Roll Over 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 22, 2009, Modesto. Employee's Finger Is Amputated by Labeling Machine Inspection
Oct 24, 2007, Livingston. Employee's Leg Is Amputated in Unguarded Auger 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 19, 2007, Modesto. Employee's Finger Caught in Sprocket and Amputated Inspection
Jan 27, 2005, Livingston. Employee Is Injured While Pruning Grape Vines Inspection

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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.

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If you work, or worked, at E & J Gallo Winery

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.

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