Agriculture production or harvesting crews · California
Bengard Ranch, Inc.
Salinas, CA · ~41 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bengard Ranch, Inc. runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Agriculture production or harvesting crews workplace, earning a grade D.
Bengard Ranch, Inc.: 6.7 TCR = 150% of Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bengard Ranch, Inc. safety composite
Bengard Ranch, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Bengard Ranch, Inc.: 8.0 → 8.9 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 10.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2023
Bengard Ranch, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.9 from 8.0 in 2017 to 8.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115115 · Salinas, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 150% of ind
- DART 6.7 DART
- RANK #455/620
- PHOTO Foley Family Farms, …
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Foley Family Farms, Ferrari-Carano (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bengard Ranch, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Foley Family F
Foley Family Farms, Ferrari-Carano
6.8 TCR
- Cal-South Harv
Cal-South Harvesting, Inc.
6.8 TCR
- Rio Vista Frui
Rio Vista Fruit Farms
6.8 TCR
- This site
Bengard Ranch, Inc.
6.7 TCR
- Trump Vineyard
Trump Vineyard Estates LLC
6.7 TCR
What this shows Bengard Ranch, Inc. averages 6.7 TCR (150% of the Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS benchmark).
Bengard Ranch, Inc. TCR series: 2017=8 · 2018=10.4 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=4.3 · 2023=8.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Bengard Ranch, Inc. falls in its industry
836 Agriculture production or harv establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #455 safest of 620 Agriculture production or harv employers in California.
Bengard Ranch, Inc. has fewer employees than the Agriculture production or harvesting cre median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115115 · CA · Salinas
836 Agriculture production or harvesting crews employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, 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 | Foley Family Farms, Ferrari-Carano | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trump Vineyard Estates LLC | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rio Vista Fruit Farms | 6.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CAL-O ORGANIC FARMING ADMINISTRATION | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Lindsay | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | IEW Enterprise | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | George Jackson Farms, Inc. | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing | 8,854 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing-California | 3,255 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital | 2,197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Healthcare System | 2,133 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sd2 - Sheriff | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Drake | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Price Chopper #10 - PC10 | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PEZ Manufacturing Corp. | 6.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | PB - Pueblo | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eastside WTP Basins | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Duso Food Distributors, Inc | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scott Dugas Trucking & Excavating, Inc | 41 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.