Fruit and tree nut combination farming · California

A. Sambado & Son Inc

Linden, CA · ~87 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

A. Sambado & Son Inc runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fruit and tree nut combination farming workplace, earning a grade D.

A. Sambado & Son Inc: 8.3 TCR = 184% of Fruit and tree nut combination farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

A. Sambado & Son Inc safety composite

A. Sambado & Son Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−5.0

2017→2019

A. Sambado & Son Inc injury rate improved

A. Sambado & Son Inc's TCR fell 5.0 from 10.8 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.8 · 2019=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111336 · Linden, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.3 · 184% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #35/48
  • PHOTO WA Farm Mgmt LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WA Farm Mgmt LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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A. Sambado & Son Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows A. Sambado & Son Inc averages 8.3 TCR (184% of the Fruit and tree nut combination farming BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

A. Sambado & Son Inc TCR series: 2017=10.8 · 2019=5.8 · BLS 4.5

Where A. Sambado & Son Inc falls in its industry

65 Fruit and tree nut combination establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 48 Fruit and tree nut combination employers in California.

A. Sambado & Son Inc (87 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 6.0 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate A. Sambado & Son Inc
A. Sambado & Son Inc (87 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 6.0

A. Sambado & Son Inc has more employees than the Fruit and tree nut combination farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2019 5.8 3.6 8 0 0
2017 10.8 10.0 14 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111336 · CA · Linden

65 Fruit and tree nut combination farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 17 employers in Linden, 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 WA Farm Mgmt LLC 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Martinez Orchards, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mike Jackson Farms, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harris Farms Inc 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Martinelli Vineyard Management, Inc 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE farming 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Agromillora California 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE MILKY WAY DAIRY 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prima Frutta Packing Inc 1,207 FTE
CITY-NEAR PRIMA NOCE PACKING, INC. 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR LINDEN 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR R & J Dondero Inc 71 FTE
NAT-TCR 3339 Keystone 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Keystone Plant 23 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Klondike Center 8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon Transportation Services : PDX5 8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE TNI - Laredo, TX 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moen-Las Vegas 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hi-Tech Electric - New Orleans 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leitz Farms LLC 87 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: 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.