Inspection record, Santa Maria

Rancho Sisquoc Winery Cal/OSHA Inspection, Sep 17, 2002

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

Planned inspection in Santa Maria: 21 citations, $5,940. The employer's only inspection on record.

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.

What happened in this inspection

Cal/OSHA opened a planned inspection of Rancho Sisquoc Winery at 6600 Foxen Canyon Rd, Santa Maria (Santa Barbara County) on Sep 17, 2002. It was a complete inspection of the worksite focused on health hazards. 22 employees were recorded at the site. Inspectors issued 21 citations (6 serious) and proposed $21,325 in penalties; the current total is $5,940. The case closed on Aug 30, 2004.

Citations

Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.

Citation 01001: 8 CCR 461 A General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $225, current $150. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 11, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01002: 8 CCR 3241 A, Live loads General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $225, current $0. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 11, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01003: 8 CCR 3320 General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $225, current $150. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 11, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01004: 8 CCR 2500.7(b) General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $165, current $110. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01005: 8 CCR 3210 A, Guardrails at elevated locations General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $250, current $165. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01006: 8 CCR 3220 B, Emergency action plan General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $110, current $75. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 11, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01007: 8 CCR 3270 B General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $250, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01008: 8 CCR 3314 F, Lockout and cleaning of machinery General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $165, current $110. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01009: 8 CCR 3328 D, Machinery and equipment, general General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $165, current $110. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01010: 8 CCR 3400 C, Medical services and first aid General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $110, current $75. 3 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Jan 11, 2003, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01011: 8 CCR 4650 B General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $0, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01012: 8 CCR 5157 C01, Confined spaces General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $560, current $375. 17 instances. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01013: 8 CCR 6151 C01, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $250, current $165. 9 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01014: 8 CCR 6151 C04, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $165, current $0. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 01015: 8 CCR 6151 E02, Portable fire extinguishers General
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $250, current $0. 5 instances. 5 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 26, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 02001: 8 CCR 3577 B Serious
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $3,035, current $1,350. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 03001: 8 CCR 3577 E Serious
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $3,035, current $135. 2 instances. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 04001: 8 CCR 3578 G Serious
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $3,035, current $135. 3 instances. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 05001: 8 CCR 4650 D Serious
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $3,035, current $1,350. 2 instances. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 06001: 8 CCR 4650 G Serious
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $3,035, current $135. 1 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.
Citation 07001: 8 CCR 5185 L Serious
Issued Dec 12, 2002. Proposed $3,035, current $1,350. 2 workers exposed. Abatement due Dec 19, 2002, completed. Read the rule.

Your rights

If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 125941831. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 125941831, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. 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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