Strawberry farming · California

Aquistapache Ranch

Santa Maria, CA · ~153 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Aquistapache Ranch runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Strawberry farming workplace, earning a grade D.

Aquistapache Ranch: 8.1 TCR = 180% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aquistapache Ranch safety composite

Aquistapache Ranch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−3.8

2017→2018

Aquistapache Ranch injury rate improved

Aquistapache Ranch's TCR fell 3.8 from 10.0 in 2017 to 6.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.0 · 2018=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111333 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.1 · 180% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #98/124
  • PHOTO Spring Harvest Berry…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Spring Harvest Berry Farms (0.1 TCR gap)

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Aquistapache Ranch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Aquistapache Ranch averages 8.1 TCR (180% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).

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

Aquistapache Ranch TCR series: 2017=10 · 2018=6.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Aquistapache Ranch falls in its industry

132 Strawberry farming establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #98 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.

Aquistapache Ranch (153 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Aquistapache Ranch
Aquistapache Ranch (153 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Aquistapache Ranch has fewer employees than the Strawberry farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2018 6.2 3.1 4 0 0
2017 10.0 10.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111333 · CA · Santa Maria

132 Strawberry farming 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 Spring Harvest Berry Farms 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dover, FL 8.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saticoy Berry Farms, Inc. 8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corralitos Nursery 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lancaster #035 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE ONT - Ground Ops 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6962-SWY-0025-0025-02778 153 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02225 153 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 Zenith HD - Bloomfield 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Regency Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nimthor Delta 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR B-XI Acton LLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Michigan Packaging 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carling Technologies, Inc. Plainville 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twist Plants 3, 4, 6 and 8 153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manor Care Health Services - Allentown 153 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: 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.