Bogle Vineyards, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 21, 2008: Employee's foot is injured by falling barrel

On November 21, 2008, Employee #1, a cellar worker with Bogle Vineyards, Inc., w as moving wine barrels. Three barrels had been previously placed onto two stacke d metal racks. The bottom rack held two barrels in specialized compartments. The third barrel had been placed in the middle of the top rack. Employee #1 picked up the barrels with a forklift and moved them to an area where he could drain th eir contents. After placing the bottom rack on the ground, he backed up and elev ated the forks to remove the top rack. One of the forks struck the side of the r ack and the barrel on the top rack slid forward. He stopped, exited the forklift , walked around to the front of the load, and attempted to push the top barrel b ack into position. The barrel then slipped off the rack and struck his left foot . Employee #1 was hospitalized at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento for fractures to all five left toes.

Incident on May 25, 2007: One finger is amputated, other's fractured in belt

On May 25, 2007, a vineyard employee was in a vineyard spraying the vines with s ulfur via a tractor mounted, PTO driven sprayer. Soon after he starting the spra ying, he observed smoke coming from the sprayer and a reduction in its output. H e stopped the tractor and exited the unit without disengaging the PTO. He looked at the sprayer and noted how a belt and pulley drive associated with the spraye r's blower was smoking and not turning very fast. He found a stick in the vineya rd and using both hands, pressed the stick onto the belt and applied pressure. T he stick flew out of his hands, and his right hand made contact with the larger of the two pulleys. Four of his fingers contacted the pulley but the tip of his thumb was amputated. The emergency personnel from the area arrived and arranged transportation to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. In addition to the ampu tation, his second finger was fractured that required surgery to insert two pins . He was released from the hospital on May 26.