The Wine Group, Inc. safety record at a glance
The Wine Group, Inc. has been the subject of 37 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Jun 18, 2002 and Jul 16, 2026. 15 of them were complaint inspections. 18 of them produced citations, 45 in all: 11 serious. Inspectors proposed $138,550 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $103,595. The largest single penalty, $59,250, came from an inspection opened Oct 4, 2013 in Soledad. 1 worker death was investigated. That places the employer at #406 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties. 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 Ripon, Fresno, Cutler, Paso Robles, Madera, Sanger, Soledad, Livermore.
Every inspection, newest first
Click a date for the citations in that inspection.
| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 16, 2026 |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 26, 2025 |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 26, 2025 |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Nov 2, 2023 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 28, 2024 |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Ripon | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jan 10, 2024 |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Jun 17, 2020 | Ripon | Complaint | 1 citation | $280 | $280 | Jul 22, 2020 |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Dec 20, 2019 |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Ripon | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $9,000 | $5,400 | Jun 9, 2020 |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Cutler | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Nov 21, 2019 |
| Mar 29, 2019 | Paso Robles | Accident | 1 citation | $750 | $560 | Aug 17, 2021 |
| Mar 11, 2019 | Madera | Unprogrammed related | no citations | 0 | 0 | Sep 11, 2019 |
| Jul 18, 2018 | Fresno | Planned | 3 citations 1 serious | $17,295 | $9,785 | Sep 7, 2021 |
| Apr 12, 2018 | Fresno | Follow-up | no citations | 0 | 0 | May 24, 2018 |
| Sep 22, 2016 | Fresno | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $7,200 | $7,000 | May 7, 2018 |
| Apr 26, 2016 | Ripon | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 16, 2016 |
| Oct 21, 2013 | Sanger | Complaint | 3 citations 1 serious | $11,995 | $7,495 | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Oct 4, 2013 | Soledad | Accident | death 9 citations 5 serious | $59,250 | $59,250 | Dec 21, 2015 |
| Oct 17, 2012 | Fresno | Programmed related | 2 citations | $370 | $370 | open |
| Oct 11, 2012 | Fresno | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Oct 25, 2012 |
| Apr 5, 2011 | Ripon | Accident | 2 citations 1 serious | $10,120 | $3,000 | May 29, 2012 |
| Feb 18, 2011 | Ripon | Accident | 3 citations | $2,060 | $2,060 | Jun 3, 2011 |
| Aug 4, 2010 | Sanger | Accident | no citations | 0 | 0 | Aug 12, 2010 |
| Dec 14, 2009 | Madera | Planned | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Feb 10, 2010 |
| Aug 31, 2009 | Livermore | Planned | 2 citations | $840 | $335 | Dec 7, 2009 |
| Dec 30, 2008 | Fresno | Follow-up | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Mar 4, 2009 |
| Nov 12, 2008 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Feb 2, 2009 |
| Jun 13, 2007 | Tulare | Planned | 5 citations | $600 | $375 | Aug 22, 2008 |
| Jun 12, 2007 | Ripon | Complaint | 1 citation | 0 | 0 | Jun 26, 2007 |
| Mar 8, 2007 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Mar 30, 2007 |
| Jun 8, 2005 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jun 17, 2005 |
| Jun 8, 2004 | Fresno | Complaint | 7 citations 1 serious | $12,040 | $4,685 | Apr 21, 2006 |
| May 13, 2003 | Ripon | Accident | 1 citation | $4,050 | $300 | Aug 1, 2006 |
| Jun 19, 2002 | Ripon | Accident | 1 citation 1 serious | $2,700 | $2,700 | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Jun 18, 2002 | Ripon | Complaint | no citations | 0 | 0 | Jul 10, 2002 |
Also recorded as: The Wine Group, Inc. dba Franzia Winery; The Wine Group; The Wine Group, Inc (dba Concannon Vineyards); The Wine Group Inc dba Golden State Vintners; The Wine Group Inc., dba Franzia Sanger Winery; The Wine Group Dba: Golden State Vintners LLC; The Wine Group LLC; The Wine Group, LLC; The Wine Group, Inc.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3314, Lockout and cleaning of machinery: 7 citations, 2 serious, $39,110
- 8 CCR 5189: 7 citations, $1,495
- 8 CCR 5157, Confined spaces: 4 citations, 2 serious, $21,250
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 4 citations, $1,045
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $13,500
- 8 CCR 3328, Machinery and equipment, general: 2 citations, 2 serious, $8,100
- 8 CCR 5162, Emergency eyewash and shower: 2 citations, $6,825
- 8 CCR 3248: 2 citations, 1 serious, $3,710
Accidents investigated
Local pages: Fresno 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 The Wine Group, 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.