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Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery, LLC Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

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Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery, LLC: 6 inspections, 8 citations and $4,800 in penalties, latest opened Aug 12, 2014.

Every Cal/OSHA and federal OSHA inspection of a California workplace opened since 2000: 238,466 inspections of 122,853 employers, 447,188 citations, $586,238,760 in penalties, 5,717 deaths investigated.

Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery, LLC safety record at a glance

Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery, LLC has been the subject of 6 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 29, 2002 and Aug 12, 2014. 3 of them were accident inspections. 3 of them produced citations, 8 in all: 1 serious. Inspectors proposed $20,550 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $4,800. The largest single penalty, $2,850, came from an inspection opened Sep 18, 2008 in Healdsburg. That places the employer at #26,168 of 122,853 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: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Manufacturing. Worksites in Philo, Healdsburg, Geyserville.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultPenaltyClosed
Aug 12, 2014PhiloUnprogrammed related2 citations$1,500Feb 16, 2016
Aug 12, 2014PhiloComplaintno citations$0Jan 13, 2015
Oct 8, 2012HealdsburgAccidentno citations$0Nov 7, 2012
Jun 10, 2009GeyservillePlannedno citations$0Jun 10, 2009
Sep 18, 2008HealdsburgAccident3 citations 1 serious$2,850
$18,600 proposed
Apr 8, 2010
Aug 29, 2002HealdsburgAccident3 citations$450Feb 5, 2003

Also recorded as: Ferrari Carano Vineyards & Winery; Ferrari Carano Vineyards and Winery, LLC; Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Oct 8, 2012, Healdsburg. Employee's Thumb Crushed by Head Plate Inspection
Sep 17, 2008, Healdsburg. Employee's Fingers Are Amputated by an Auger Inspection
Aug 22, 2002, Healdsburg. Employee's Finger Amputated in Log Splitter 1 hospitalized Inspection

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 Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery, LLC

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.

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