Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services · California

BR16 Chico

Chico, CA · ~24 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BR16 Chico runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services workplace, earning a grade D.

BR16 Chico: 5.8 TCR = 129% of Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BR16 Chico safety composite

BR16 Chico scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

BR16 Chico: 3.7 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 12.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2024

BR16 Chico's TCR rose 1.6 from 3.7 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561710 · Chico, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 129% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #125/214
  • PHOTO Bug Busters Pest Con…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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BR16 Chico in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BR16 Chico averages 5.8 TCR (129% of the Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

BR16 Chico TCR series: 2017=3.7 · 2018=4.2 · 2020=12.5 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=4.7 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 4.5

Where BR16 Chico falls in its industry

1,655 Pest control (except agricultu establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #125 safest of 214 Pest control (except agricultu employers in California.

BR16 Chico (24 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 020406080100120 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate BR16 Chico
BR16 Chico (24 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.7

BR16 Chico has fewer employees than the Pest control (except agricultural, fores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 5.2 5.2 1 0 0
2022 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2021 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2020 12.5 8.3 3 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2017 3.7 3.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561710 · CA · Chico

1,655 Pest control (except agricultural, forestry) services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 189 employers in Chico, 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 Bug Busters Pest Control Services, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR REN150 Burlingame 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shelbyville - 07 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Branch 249 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-11 4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Enloe Medical Center Employees 3,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 72 2,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 521 2,370 FTE
NAT-TCR Beck & Hofer Construction 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR FCI 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LaClare Creamery, LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Aiken County Detention Center 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Horizon Homes Powell/Pearson 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town Hall 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri-Clor 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Warehouse 27 24 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: 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.