Strawberry farming · California
Berry Valley Farms, Inc.
Santa Maria, CA · ~921 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Berry Valley Farms, Inc. runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Strawberry farming workplace, earning a grade C.
Berry Valley Farms, Inc.: 4.2 TCR = 92% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Berry Valley Farms, Inc. safety composite
Berry Valley Farms, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.18 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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
Berry Valley Farms, Inc.: 1.1 → 105.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 105.7 TCR · DART/TCR 25.41× in 2024
Berry Valley Farms, Inc.'s TCR rose 104.6 from 1.1 in 2017 to 105.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 25.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111333 · Santa Maria, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.2 · 92% of ind
- DART 105.7 DART
- RANK #63/124
- PHOTO WESTVIEW BERRY FARMS
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 53 inj
- SIZE ~921 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: WESTVIEW BERRY FARMS (0.2 TCR gap)
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Berry Valley Farms, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- WESTVIEW BERRY
WESTVIEW BERRY FARMS
4.4 TCR
- DL FARM MANAGE
DL FARM MANAGEMENT, INC.
4.4 TCR
- Butte Valley
Butte Valley
4.4 TCR
- This site
Berry Valley Farms, Inc.
4.2 TCR
- Perseverance C
Perseverance Custom Harvesting
3.9 TCR
What this shows Berry Valley Farms, Inc. averages 4.2 TCR (92% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).
Berry Valley Farms, Inc. TCR series: 2017=1.1 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=15.8 · 2021=3.3 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=105.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Berry Valley Farms, Inc. falls in its industry
132 Strawberry farming establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #63 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.
Berry Valley Farms, Inc. has more employees than the Strawberry farming median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 105.7 | 105.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15.8 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111333 · CA · Santa Maria
132 Strawberry farming 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 | WESTVIEW BERRY FARMS | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DL FARM MANAGEMENT, INC. | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Butte Valley | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Perseverance Custom Harvesting | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Galileo Learning | 921 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FELIX LABOR CONTRACTING, INC | 921 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (Burbank/Glendale) WDI | 921 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SAN FRANCISCO (CASAN) | 920 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 | S06935 - San Tan Hauling | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Shop Rite of Greater Morristown | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | gary w gray trucking inc. | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wilson Manufacturing Company | 4.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | North Farmington High School | 921 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plains Marketing | 921 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | PathGroup- Airpark | 921 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Landstar - Jacksonville HQ | 920 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.