Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production · California
Bud of California Lettuce
Salinas, CA · ~168 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bud of California Lettuce runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production workplace, earning a grade A.
Bud of California Lettuce: 0.9 TCR = 19% of Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bud of California Lettuce safety composite
Bud of California Lettuce scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
76/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.86 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.7
2018→2024
Bud of California Lettuce injury rate improved
Bud of California Lettuce's TCR fell 1.7 from 2.5 in 2018 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=2.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=1.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Salinas, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 19% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #2/175
- PHOTO Daniels Produce, LLC
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~168 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Daniels Produce, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bud of California Lettuce in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bud of California Lettuce
0.9 TCR
- Daniels Produc
Daniels Produce, LLC
0.9 TCR
- CJJ Farming, I
CJJ Farming, Inc
0.9 TCR
- Val Verde Vege
Val Verde Vegetable Co., Inc.
0.9 TCR
- C.W. Hendrix F
C.W. Hendrix Farms, Inc.
0.8 TCR
What this shows Bud of California Lettuce averages 0.9 TCR (19% of the Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark).
Bud of California Lettuce TCR series: 2018=2.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0.6 · 2021=1.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Bud of California Lettuce falls in its industry
331 Lettuce farming, field, beddin establishmentsSafer than 97% 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 #2 safest of 175 Lettuce farming, field, beddin employers in California.
Bud of California Lettuce has more employees than the Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant an median and a lower 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 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · Salinas
331 Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, 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 | Daniels Produce, LLC | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C.W. Hendrix Farms, Inc. | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CJJ Farming, Inc | 0.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Val Verde Vegetable Co., Inc. | 0.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mininger Farms | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CCH | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Orange County Plastering Company Inc. | 168 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing | 8,854 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing-California | 3,255 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital | 2,197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Healthcare System | 2,133 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | SSI Services, LLC | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Youngs Tank, Inc. | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | South Carolina Construction | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Guilford County Child Support Enforcement - High Point | 0.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Manke Lumber Company - Sumner | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Capstone Mechanical | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mubea Tailor Rolled Blanks | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Palm Garden of Largo, LLC | 168 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.