Vegetable and melon farming, potato dominant crop, field and seed production · California
Betteravia Farms
Santa Maria, CA · ~230 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Betteravia Farms runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Vegetable and melon farming, potato dominant crop, field and seed production workplace, earning a grade C.
Betteravia Farms: 4.5 TCR = 99% of Vegetable and melon farming, potato dominant crop, field and seed production BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Betteravia Farms safety composite
Betteravia Farms scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 54% 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
Betteravia Farms: 1.3 → 4.4 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.18× in 2023
Betteravia Farms's TCR rose 3.1 from 1.3 in 2017 to 4.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111211 · Santa Maria, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.5 · 99% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #10/24
- PHOTO Black Gold Farms - NCC
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 61 inj
- SIZE ~230 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Black Gold Farms - NCC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Betteravia Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Betteravia Farms
4.5 TCR
- Black Gold Far
Black Gold Farms - NCC
4.5 TCR
- Salinas Transp
Salinas Transplant Company
4.5 TCR
- Mickelsen Farm
Mickelsen Farms
4.4 TCR
- Sea View Farm
Sea View Farm Linton
4.4 TCR
What this shows Betteravia Farms averages 4.5 TCR (99% of the Vegetable and melon farming, potato dominant crop, field and seed production BLS benchmark).
Betteravia Farms TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2019=8 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=4.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Betteravia Farms falls in its industry
153 Vegetable and melon farming, p establishmentsSafer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 24 Vegetable and melon farming, p employers in California.
Betteravia Farms has more employees than the Vegetable and melon farming, potato domi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111211 · CA · Santa Maria
153 Vegetable and melon farming, potato dominant crop, field 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 | Black Gold Farms - NCC | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mickelsen Farms | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sea View Farm Linton | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Salinas Transplant Company | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Amezcua Ag Inc | 230 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GREEN AG MANAGEMENT, LLC | 230 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Tierra Blanca FLC, Inc | 230 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Agriculture | 230 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 | Andrea Foods | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unit #2822 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tower Eight Staffing Solutions dba Labor For Hire - Naples | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Spartek, Inc | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bridgeport Store / Human Services / Administration | 230 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USM Store #674 (Market Street) | 230 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tidewater Boats, LLC | 230 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thomasville (Todd Court) | 230 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.