Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · California
Boutonnet Farms
Castroville, CA · ~44 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Boutonnet Farms runs at 140% 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.
Boutonnet Farms: 6.3 TCR = 140% of Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Boutonnet Farms safety composite
Boutonnet Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Boutonnet Farms: 7.0 → 13.3 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 13.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.85× in 2020
Boutonnet Farms's TCR rose 6.3 from 7.0 in 2017 to 13.3 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Castroville, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 140% of ind
- DART 11.7 DART
- RANK #100/175
- PHOTO Wiers Farm Inc
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~44 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Wiers Farm Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Boutonnet Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Boutonnet Farms
6.3 TCR
- Wiers Farm Inc
Wiers Farm Inc
6.3 TCR
- Robert Nickers
Robert Nickerson Farms, Inc.
6.3 TCR
- Fonseca & Fons
Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc.
6.3 TCR
- Harlan Family
Harlan Family Ranch
6.3 TCR
What this shows Boutonnet Farms averages 6.3 TCR (140% of the Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
Boutonnet Farms TCR series: 2017=7 · 2018=0 · 2019=4.9 · 2020=13.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Boutonnet Farms falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and potato farming, establishmentsSafer than 39% 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 #100 safest of 175 Vegetable and potato farming, employers in California.
Boutonnet Farms has fewer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · Castroville
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 · 30 employers in Castroville, 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 | Wiers Farm Inc | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Robert Nickerson Farms, Inc. | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Harlan Family Ranch | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Firebaugh | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central Coast Vineyards | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FESTIVAL FARMS | 44 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stewart & Jasper Orchards | 44 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | D&J Packing LLC PO Box 130 Castroville Ca 95012 | 391 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ocean Mist Farms-Castroville | 171 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ocean Mist Farms - Castroville | 145 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Del Llano Farms | 95 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Morries Brooklyn Park Nissan | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DSM Nutritional Products ANH/NA - Pendergrass | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cross Creek Construction LLC | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oak Trace | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Vulcan Materials Company | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Spee-Dee Delivery Service, Inc - Rochester | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CCW - Terrell | 44 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Power Equipment Systems | 44 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.