Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · California
Blosser Ranch
Santa Maria, CA · ~126 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Blosser Ranch runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production workplace, earning a grade D.
Blosser Ranch: 5.6 TCR = 125% of Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Blosser Ranch safety composite
Blosser Ranch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.64 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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%).
Blosser Ranch held a steady TCR band
Blosser Ranch's TCR held near 0.3 from 6.0 in 2017 to 6.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=6.0 · 2018=12.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=13.4 · 2024=6.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 125% of ind
- DART 6.4 DART
- RANK #83/175
- PHOTO REFCO FARMS LLC
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 68 inj
- SIZE ~126 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: REFCO FARMS LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Blosser Ranch in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- REFCO FARMS LL
REFCO FARMS LLC
5.7 TCR
- HM Clause - Im
HM Clause - Immokalee Research Station
5.7 TCR
- Fresh Valley H
Fresh Valley Harvesting, LLC.
5.7 TCR
- This site
Blosser Ranch
5.6 TCR
- W D Henry & So
W D Henry & Sons Inc
5.6 TCR
What this shows Blosser Ranch averages 5.6 TCR (125% of the Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
Blosser Ranch TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=12 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=13.4 · 2024=6.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Blosser Ranch falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and potato farming, establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 175 Vegetable and potato farming, employers in California.
Blosser Ranch has more employees than the Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.0 | 4.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · Santa Maria
331 Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants 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 | REFCO FARMS LLC | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HM Clause - Immokalee Research Station | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | W D Henry & Sons Inc | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fresh Valley Harvesting, LLC. | 5.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | T&A Onions - Salinas - Harvest | 126 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Anthony F Cubre Jr | 126 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North Shore Greenhouses, Inc. | 126 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Valley Eggs | 126 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 | Palo Verde Plastering, Inc | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Uniroyal Global Engineered Products, LLC | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Medfleet LLC | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3303 E Las Vegas | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. | 126 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Western Builders of Amarillo, Inc | 126 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nmlas - Las Cruces | 126 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Txsmr - San Marcos | 126 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.