Sutter Home Winery, Inc. safety record at a glance
Sutter Home Winery, Inc. has been the subject of 13 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 11, 2002 and May 4, 2017. 6 of them were accident inspections. 10 of them produced citations, 22 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $117,175 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $90,475. The largest single penalty, $44,575, came from an inspection opened Aug 31, 2016 in Napa. 3 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #538 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Worksites in Saint Helena, Napa, Esparto, St. Helena, Lodi, Plymouth.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2017 | Saint Helena | Unprogrammed related | 2 deaths 1 citation | $22,500 | $18,000 | May 23, 2022 |
| Aug 31, 2016 | Napa | Fatality or catastrophe | death 6 citations 4 serious | $44,575 | $44,575 | Feb 28, 2017 |
| Aug 10, 2015 | Esparto | Referral | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 20, 2015 |
| Jan 27, 2012 | St Helena | Accident | 1 citation | $175 | $175 | Mar 24, 2012 |
| Nov 7, 2011 | St Helena | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 20, 2012 |
| Jul 1, 2011 | Lodi | Planned | 3 citations | $350 | $350 | Mar 7, 2016 |
| Nov 25, 2009 | St Helena | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $18,450 | $6,750 | Jun 23, 2012 |
| Sep 17, 2009 | St Helena | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | Mar 19, 2011 |
| Sep 10, 2009 | Lodi | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 25, 2009 |
| Jul 16, 2008 | St Helena | Accident | 2 citations | $1,200 | $1,200 | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Oct 25, 2002 | Saint Helena | Accident | 1 citation | $375 | $375 | Apr 24, 2006 |
| Oct 9, 2002 | Plymouth | Planned | 3 citations | $11,100 | $600 | May 3, 2005 |
| Sep 11, 2002 | St. Helena | Complaint | 2 citations | $450 | $450 | Apr 24, 2006 |
Also recorded as: Sutter Home Winery dba Monte Vina Winery; Sutter Home Winery, Inc; Sutter Home Winery Inc; Sutter Home Winery, Inc. dba Trinchero FMLY. Est.; Sutter Home Winery Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, 1 serious, $6,900
- 8 CCR 3650, Industrial trucks, operating rules: 3 citations, 2 serious, $32,350
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 1 serious, $6,975
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $325
- 8 CCR 5189: 2 citations, $175
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 1 citation, 1 serious, $18,000
- 8 CCR 1670, Fall protection (construction): 1 citation, $18,000
- 8 CCR 4002, Machine guarding, moving parts: 1 citation, 1 serious, $6,300
Accidents investigated
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 Sutter Home Winery, 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.