Hay farming (e.g., alfalfa hay, clover hay, grass hay) · California

518 Farming, Inc

Brawley, CA · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

518 Farming, Inc runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hay farming (e.g., alfalfa hay, clover hay, grass hay) workplace, earning a grade D.

518 Farming, Inc: 7.4 TCR = 165% of Hay farming (e.g., alfalfa hay, clover hay, grass hay) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

518 Farming, Inc safety composite

518 Farming, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−15.4

2020→2024

518 Farming, Inc injury rate improved

518 Farming, Inc's TCR fell 15.4 from 15.4 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 178.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=15.4 · 2022=178.6 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111940 · Brawley, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.4 · 165% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/18
  • PHOTO H Four Farms III
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H Four Farms III (0.8 TCR gap)

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518 Farming, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows 518 Farming, Inc averages 7.4 TCR (165% of the Hay farming (e.g., alfalfa hay, clover hay, grass hay) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

518 Farming, Inc TCR series: 2020=15.4 · 2022=178.6 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where 518 Farming, Inc falls in its industry

31 Hay farming (e.g., alfalfa hay establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Hay farming (e.g., alfalfa hay employers in California.

518 Farming, Inc (27 employees, TCR 7.4) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 14 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 518 Farming, Inc
518 Farming, Inc (27 employees, TCR 7.4) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.2

518 Farming, Inc has fewer employees than the Hay farming (e.g., alfalfa hay, clover h median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 6.9 3.4 2 0 0
2022 178.6 178.6 1 0 0
2020 15.4 11.5 4 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111940 · CA · Brawley

31 Hay farming (e.g., alfalfa hay, clover hay, grass hay) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 47 employers in Brawley, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR H Four Farms III 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atkinson Farms II, Inc 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fondomonte CA - Blythe Farm 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sarale Farming Company, Inc. 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Attention to Detail Moving Company 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Ness Pool 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sierra View Ranch 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ceres Benecia 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 355 1,170 FTE
CITY-NEAR One World Beef Packers LLC 901 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District 866 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sonia Corina, Inc. 835 FTE
NAT-TCR Lawton Plant 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1976 - Aurora Saddle Rock 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1106 - Cobb NE 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0478 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE South Erie Production Company dba SEPCO-Erie 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jerry's Auto Supply - 260 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Humboldt Cash Saver 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bobcat of the Rockies - Golden 27 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.