What's New
2006 Inspection: Overview
- The 2006 Inspection Season began with the Fresno District Orientation class on July 26th, 2006. At orientation, 23 employees with 3 or more seasons of “accident free” experience were honored. These people were featured as “The Best of the Bunch” and their names were listed on the 2006 inspection T-Shirt.
- The first loads were certified in the South valley on August 9th, and inspection is still continuing as of January 17th, 2007 in the Fresno District.
- The Program has issued inspection certificates for 84,662 loads of grapes.
- The total tonnage inspected so far is 1,931957.72.
- The Inspectors worked at 33 inspection stations, which operated a total of 9,022.25 regular hours and 4,026.50 overtime hours.
- Inspections will generate over 1 million dollars in revenue this year.
- WIP is proud to report that the Program operated with zero time loss accidents in 2006.
- Over all, due to a tremendous amount of teamwork from a well trained inspection staff, this season has been very safe and productive.