Wente Bros. safety record at a glance
Wente Bros. has been the subject of 5 Cal/OSHA inspections in California since 2000, opened between Sep 13, 2006 and Nov 1, 2022. 2 of them were accident inspections. All of them produced citations, 19 in all: 8 serious. Inspectors proposed $37,560 in penalties; after appeals and settlements the current total is $21,175. The largest single penalty, $12,180, came from an inspection opened Sep 26, 2006 in Livermore. 2 worker deaths were investigated. That places the employer at #6,171 of 122,854 California employers in the database by penalties.
Industry as coded by the inspecting office: Manufacturing; Accommodation and Food Services. Worksites in Livermore.
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| Opened | City | Why | Result | Proposed | Penalty | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2022 | Livermore | Unprogrammed related | 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Apr 25, 2023 |
| May 21, 2012 | Livermore | Accident | death 1 citation | $560 | $560 | Nov 8, 2012 |
| Apr 21, 2010 | Livermore | Planned | 5 citations | $1,400 | $875 | Jul 12, 2010 |
| Sep 26, 2006 | Livermore | Planned | 11 citations 8 serious | $17,040 | $12,180 | Mar 6, 2008 |
| Sep 13, 2006 | Livermore | Accident | death 1 citation | $18,000 | $7,000 | Apr 22, 2009 |
Also recorded as: Wente Bros. dba Wente Vineyards; Wente Bros. Inc.; Wente Bros.
The rules this employer was cited under
- 8 CCR 3203, Injury and Illness Prevention Program: 2 citations, $7,560
- 8 CCR 3999, Hand tools: 2 citations, 2 serious, $2,970
- 8 CCR 2500.8, Electrical, wiring methods: 2 citations
- 8 CCR 2340.23: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3577: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 4050: 1 citation, 1 serious, $2,700
- 8 CCR 3395, Heat illness prevention, outdoor: 1 citation, $560
- 8 CCR 1430.30: 1 citation, $350
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 Wente Bros.
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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.