Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing · California

ARO Pistachios, Inc.

Terra Bella, CA · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.3
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ARO Pistachios, Inc. runs at 227% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing workplace, earning a grade F.

ARO Pistachios, Inc.: 9.3 TCR = 227% of Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ARO Pistachios, Inc. safety composite

ARO Pistachios, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−9.9

2017→2018

ARO Pistachios, Inc. injury rate improved

ARO Pistachios, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.9 from 14.3 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.3 · 2018=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311911 · Terra Bella, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 227% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/34
  • PHOTO King Nut Companies
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: King Nut Companies (0.0 TCR gap)

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ARO Pistachios, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ARO Pistachios, Inc. averages 9.3 TCR (227% of the Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing BLS benchmark).

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

ARO Pistachios, Inc. TCR series: 2017=14.3 · 2018=4.3 · BLS 4.1

Where ARO Pistachios, Inc. falls in its industry

150 Nuts, kernels and seeds, roast establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 34 Nuts, kernels and seeds, roast employers in California.

ARO Pistachios, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ARO Pistachios, Inc.
ARO Pistachios, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.0

ARO Pistachios, Inc. has fewer employees than the Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and pr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2018 4.3 0.0 2 0 0
2017 14.3 5.7 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311911 · CA · Terra Bella

150 Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 15 employers in Terra Bella, 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 King Nut Companies 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marathon Ventures Inc 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SunButter LLC 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hampton Farms Portales Process 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Quad H 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE CJJ Farming, Inc 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oceano Packing Company LLC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Connell Ranch 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jacuinde FLC Inc 754 FTE
CITY-NEAR TERRA BELLA PLANT 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR PORTERVILLE CITRUS, INC. 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terra Bella 299 FTE
NAT-TCR Kannon Creek Assisted Living 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Terminix Service, Inc. Florence 66- 4 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR TD Fischer Group Inc 9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Nizhoni Health Systems LLC- Peabody 9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hilton Garden Inn 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ottawa Cooperative Association 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rex Reliable Heating & Cooling, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE GEC-Ne Braunfels 42 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.