Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · California
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria
Santa Maria, CA · ~23 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria: 2.5 TCR = 114% of Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria safety composite
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria: 0.0 → 5.0 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 5.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2021
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria's TCR rose 5.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 5.0 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423820 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 114% of ind
- DART 5.0 DART
- RANK #7/27
- PHOTO SunSouth Barnesville
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SunSouth Barnesville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria
2.5 TCR
- SunSouth Barne
SunSouth Barnesville
2.5 TCR
- Gardner Inc FL
Gardner Inc FL
2.5 TCR
- H & R Agripowe
H & R Agripower - Princeton (JL Farm Equipment)
2.5 TCR
- Altman Tractor
Altman Tractor & Equipment Co Inc
2.5 TCR
What this shows Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria averages 2.5 TCR (114% of the Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=5 · BLS 2.2
Where Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria falls in its industry
700 Agricultural machinery and equ establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 27 Agricultural machinery and equ employers in California.
Berchtold Equipment Company - Santa Maria has fewer employees than the Agricultural machinery and equipment mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423820 · CA · Santa Maria
700 Agricultural machinery and equipment 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 | SunSouth Barnesville | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gardner Inc FL | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | H & R Agripower - Princeton (JL Farm Equipment) | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Altman Tractor & Equipment Co Inc | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | James Diedrich Farms | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tri-Fanucchi Farms,LLC | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KAN2 - 04 | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kyer Farms | 23 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 | 6795-99625B0499 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 764 Coronado Center | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Limbach - New England | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kane Warehousing, Inc.-Allentown 7248 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Peerless, Inc. | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Climate Pros-Kansas City | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harley-Davidson Shop of Rochester | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lakeside Painting Inc | 23 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.