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Ruby Wines Incorporated: OSHA inspections and violations

Avon, Massachusetts · Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424820

5inspections
21citation items
$22,404current penalties
May 24, 2023last inspection

Since 2005, OSHA inspectors have visited Ruby Wines Incorporated in Massachusetts 5 times.

The most recent inspection opened on May 24, 2023 after a complaint, in Avon.

In all, OSHA issued 21 citation items: 18 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $43,028; today they stand at $22,404, 48% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.178 (forklifts and other powered industrial trucks), 6 times.

Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,427 penalty. Ruby Wines Incorporated averages $14,064 across 1 cited inspection.

Ruby Wines Incorporated also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Ruby Wines Incorporated: OSHA citation items per year, 2005 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346726045 OPENED MAY 24, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 145 employees at the site · Closed Jan 31, 2024

625 Bodwell Street Ext, Avon, MA 02322 · Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$10,046$5,023Nov 2, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.140(d)(3) · Personal fall protection systems
Serious$8,036$4,018Nov 2, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$10,046$5,023Nov 2, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Nov 2, 2023Final

Inspection 339150112 OPENED JUN 27, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Dec 5, 2013

625 Bodwell Street Ext, Avon, MA 02322 · Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection
Serious$2,225$1,558Nov 22, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$2,225$1,558Nov 22, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Nov 22, 2013Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 22, 2013Final

Inspection 313797342 OPENED FEB 24, 2010Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Jul 16, 2010

625 Bodwell Street Extension, Avon, MA 02322 · Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(e) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,375$688Jul 1, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.176(b) · Material storage and aisles
Serious$1,375$688Jul 1, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$825$412Jul 1, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$825$412Jul 1, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.304(f)(1)(iv) · Grounding and circuit protection
Serious$825$412Jul 1, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$1,100$550Jul 1, 2010Closed
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 1, 2010Closed
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 1, 2010Closed

Inspection 312098403 OPENED MAY 13, 2008Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 109 employees at the site · Closed May 13, 2008

625 Bodwell Street Extension, Avon, MA 02322 · Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 308106194 OPENED APR 4, 2005Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 109 employees at the site · Closed Jun 6, 2005

625 Bodwell Street Ext, Avon, MA 02322 · Wine and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
Serious$1,100$550Apr 29, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1) · Exit route design
Serious$0$0Apr 29, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$825$412Apr 29, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.304(f)(7)(iii) · Grounding and circuit protection
Serious$1,100$550Apr 29, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.178(l) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$1,100$550Apr 29, 2005Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Avon site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 150 workers: 1.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 13 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Ruby Wines Inc
Avon · 2025
150 221.54.7
Ruby Wines
Avon · 2022
150 1086.84.7

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Nov 21, 2022, Avon: Hospitalization · concussions · brain

An employee was working in a hall when they tripped and fell against a brick wall; they sustained a concussion as well as neck and back contusions.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(e)

(e) Defective and damaged equipment. Defective or damaged personal protective equipment shall not be used.

29 CFR 1910.140 · Personal fall protection systems

29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

Other wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers employers in Massachusetts

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