Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · California
Babe Blosser Ranch
Santa Maria, CA · ~131 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Babe Blosser Ranch runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production workplace, earning a grade D.
Babe Blosser Ranch: 6.6 TCR = 146% of Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Babe Blosser Ranch safety composite
Babe Blosser Ranch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 16.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Babe Blosser Ranch: 8.6 → 17.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 17.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2.58× in 2024
Babe Blosser Ranch's TCR rose 8.4 from 8.6 in 2017 to 17.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 146% of ind
- DART 17.0 DART
- RANK #104/175
- PHOTO Queen Victoria Farms…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 60 inj
- SIZE ~131 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Queen Victoria Farms, LP (0.0 TCR gap)
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Babe Blosser Ranch in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Babe Blosser Ranch
6.6 TCR
- Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria Farms, LP
6.6 TCR
- Seneca Foods C
Seneca Foods Corporation-Dayton, WA
6.6 TCR
- Wolfsen Inc
Wolfsen Inc
6.6 TCR
- TLC Custom Far
TLC Custom Farming Company
6.6 TCR
What this shows Babe Blosser Ranch averages 6.6 TCR (146% of the Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
Babe Blosser Ranch TCR series: 2017=8.6 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=5.4 · 2020=6 · 2021=0 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=17 · BLS 4.5
Where Babe Blosser Ranch falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and potato farming, establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #104 safest of 175 Vegetable and potato farming, employers in California.
Babe Blosser Ranch has more employees than the Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.8 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · Santa Maria
331 Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production 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 | Queen Victoria Farms, LP | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seneca Foods Corporation-Dayton, WA | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wolfsen Inc | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TLC Custom Farming Company | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dave Wilson Nursery | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gold Flora Corp | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Land FLC | 131 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ESTRADA'S AG SERVICES, INC. | 131 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 | Azcas - Casa Grande | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lincoln Junior High | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lapor - Port Allen | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ryan Logistics | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | OSF Saint Luke Medical Center | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hillsdale | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kylll - Outerloop Building 2 | 131 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nikkiso Cryo | 131 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.