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Vino Farms LLC Cal/OSHA Inspections and Citations

Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.Legal notes by Benjamin Eghbali, Esq.,

Vino Farms LLC: 19 inspections, 18 citations and $48,620 in penalties, 2 deaths investigated, latest opened Apr 11, 2025.

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.

Vino Farms LLC safety record at a glance

Vino Farms LLC has been the subject of 19 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Aug 4, 2000 and Apr 11, 2025. 10 of them were accident inspections. 11 of them produced citations, 18 in all: 6 serious. Inspectors proposed $84,465 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $48,620. The largest single penalty, $24,750, came from an inspection opened Jan 25, 2011 in Santa Rosa. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #1,573 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: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting; Manufacturing. Worksites in Healdsburg, Windsor, San Miguel, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Acampo, Rutherford, Elk Grove.

Every inspection, newest first

Click a date for the citations in that inspection.

OpenedCityWhyResultProposedPenaltyClosed
Apr 11, 2025HealdsburgComplaintno citations00Jun 12, 2025
Aug 27, 2024HealdsburgPlannedno citations00Sep 30, 2024
May 9, 2023WindsorUnprogrammed relatedno citations00Oct 6, 2023
Apr 15, 2023San MiguelFatality or catastrophedeath 2 citations$1,350$750open
Sep 30, 2020HealdsburgComplaintno citations00Mar 19, 2021
Jul 28, 2020San MiguelAccident1 citation$1,000$1,000Jan 16, 2024
Mar 21, 2014SonomaAccident1 citation$635$635Mar 6, 2015
Sep 11, 2013Santa RosaPlannedno citations00Oct 25, 2013
Sep 18, 2012AcampoComplaintno citations00Sep 28, 2012
Jun 28, 2012RutherfordAccident1 citation 1 serious$5,625$4,500Aug 26, 2013
Jan 25, 2011Santa RosaAccidentdeath 3 citations 3 serious$31,500$24,750Nov 16, 2013
Oct 15, 2009Elk GroveUnprogrammed related3 citations 1 serious$34,870$10,800May 10, 2012
Jun 1, 2009CloverdaleAccident1 citation 1 serious$6,750$4,050Jun 9, 2010
Apr 22, 2009SonomaAccident2 citations$1,050$450Jun 9, 2010
Nov 2, 2007ClarksburgAccident1 citation$450$450Jul 16, 2008
Aug 29, 2007ClarksburgUnprogrammed related1 citation$450$450Jul 16, 2008
Apr 29, 2003WindsorAccident2 citations$785$785Apr 24, 2006
May 16, 2001NapaAccidentno citations00Jun 29, 2001
Aug 4, 2000HealdsburgAccidentno citations00Sep 15, 2000

Also recorded as: Vino Farms Inc; Vino Farms, LLC.; Vino Farms; Vino Farms, Inc.; Vino Farms Inc.; Vino Farms, Inc. dba Vino Farms, LLC; Vino Farms, LLC.

The rules this employer was cited under

Accidents investigated

Apr 14, 2023, San Miguel. Employee is killed in tractor roll over 1 death Inspection
Jun 25, 2020, San Miguel. Employee crushes hand while unjamming energized tractor atta 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jun 27, 2012, Rutherford. Employee Suffers Heat Stress after Planting New Vines 1 hospitalized Inspection
Jan 23, 2011, Santa Rosa. Employee Is Run over by Tractor and Later Dies 1 death Inspection
Apr 20, 2009, Sonoma. Employee Suffers from Possible Dehydration 1 hospitalized Inspection
Oct 2, 2007, Clarksburg. Employee's Finger Is Amputated by Forklift Inspection
Jul 28, 2000, Healdsburg. Employee's Fingertip Amputated by Trellis Wire 1 hospitalized Inspection
not stated, Cloverdale. Accident investigation 1 hospitalized Inspection
not stated, Sonoma. Accident investigation 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. 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 Vino Farms 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 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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