Strawberry farming · California

Berry Mist Farms, LP

Aromas, CA · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berry Mist Farms, LP runs at 24% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Strawberry farming workplace, earning a grade A.

Berry Mist Farms, LP: 1.1 TCR = 24% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berry Mist Farms, LP safety composite

Berry Mist Farms, LP scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−2.2

2017→2023

Berry Mist Farms, LP injury rate improved

Berry Mist Farms, LP's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.2 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.2 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111333 · Aromas, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 24% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/124
  • PHOTO KEM FARMS, INC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KEM FARMS, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berry Mist Farms, LP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berry Mist Farms, LP averages 1.1 TCR (24% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).

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

Berry Mist Farms, LP TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Berry Mist Farms, LP falls in its industry

132 Strawberry farming establishments

Safer than 86% 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 #17 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.

Berry Mist Farms, LP (45 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 Berry Mist Farms, LP
Berry Mist Farms, LP (45 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Berry Mist Farms, LP has fewer employees than the Strawberry farming median and a lower 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111333 · CA · Aromas

132 Strawberry farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 8 employers in Aromas, 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 KEM FARMS, INC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corporate Office 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Farms 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Willow Farms 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Griffith Traffic Control 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 05020-TBHL-CA-OAKLAND AREA 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Napa Valley Lodge LP 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Camp Marston/Camp Raintree 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fireclay Tile Aromas 176 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fireclay Tile 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Altos Farms, LLC 95 FTE
CITY-NEAR Taisuco America Corporation 66 FTE
NAT-TCR Southeastern Stages 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Contact 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Corporate Office 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Early Child Education Center 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Joseph Platsics 5th Ave 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc - Fergus Falls 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tennesee - Royal Chemical 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cottage Builders Inc, dba as CBI Construction Services 45 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: 2023, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.