Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers · California

AG RX Santa Maria

Santa Maria, CA · ~44 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

AG RX Santa Maria runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

AG RX Santa Maria: 3.3 TCR = 152% of Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

AG RX Santa Maria safety composite

AG RX Santa Maria scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.3

2017→2020

AG RX Santa Maria injury rate improved

AG RX Santa Maria's TCR fell 3.3 from 5.2 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.2 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 152% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #71/136
  • PHOTO Greenfield, CA CA
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Greenfield, CA CA (0.0 TCR gap)

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AG RX Santa Maria in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows AG RX Santa Maria averages 3.3 TCR (152% of the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

AG RX Santa Maria TCR series: 2017=5.2 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4 · 2020=1.9 · BLS 2.2

Where AG RX Santa Maria falls in its industry

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchan establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #71 safest of 136 Agricultural chemicals merchan employers in California.

AG RX Santa Maria (44 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate AG RX Santa Maria
AG RX Santa Maria (44 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

AG RX Santa Maria has more employees than the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2020 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2019 4.0 4.0 2 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 5.2 2.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · CA · Santa Maria

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, 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 Greenfield, CA CA 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grand Forks Agronomy/Energy 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR AUB 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brubaker Grain & Chemical, Inc 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Firebaugh 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boutonnet Farms 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Coast Vineyards 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE FESTIVAL FARMS 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC - Evansville 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Distribution Center 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Quasar Energy Group LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 557 Chicago, Il 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lee Construction, Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tmx2396 - Southern Ct 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tmx2563 - Boston 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Owensboro Specialty Polymers 44 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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