Bee production (i.e., apiculture) · California

BZ-Bee Pollination

Esparto, CA · ~61 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BZ-Bee Pollination runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bee production (i.e., apiculture) workplace, earning a grade C.

BZ-Bee Pollination: 4.4 TCR = 98% of Bee production (i.e., apiculture) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BZ-Bee Pollination safety composite

BZ-Bee Pollination scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

Fatalities
C 0

Safer than 55% 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

BZ-Bee Pollination: 4.4 → 6.8 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 16666.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.54× in 2024

BZ-Bee Pollination's TCR rose 2.4 from 4.4 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16666.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112910 · Esparto, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 98% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #6/7
  • PHOTO Strachan Apiaries Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Strachan Apiaries Inc (0.4 TCR gap)

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BZ-Bee Pollination in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BZ-Bee Pollination averages 4.4 TCR (98% of the Bee production (i.e., apiculture) BLS benchmark).

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

BZ-Bee Pollination TCR series: 2017=4.4 · 2018=16666.7 · 2019=5 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=6.8 · BLS 4.5

Where BZ-Bee Pollination falls in its industry

11 Bee production (i.e., apicultu establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Bee production (i.e., apicultu employers in California.

BZ-Bee Pollination (61 employees, TCR 4.4) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 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 050100150 024681012 Average employees Total Case Rate Tauzer Apiaries IncwarehouseROSSMAN APIARIES LLCOlivarez Honey BeesCarys Honey Farms, Inc.Bees FloridaBees MinnesotaWonderful Bees FloridaBZ-Bee Pollination
BZ-Bee Pollination (61 employees, TCR 4.4) among 8 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.1

BZ-Bee Pollination has more employees than the Bee production (i.e., apiculture) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024 6.8 6.8 6 0 0
2023 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 5.0 3.3 3 0 0
2018 16666.7 8333.3 4 0 0
2017 4.4 2.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112910 · CA · Esparto

11 Bee production (i.e., apiculture) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 4 employers in Esparto, 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 Strachan Apiaries Inc 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olivarez Honey Bees 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bees Minnesota 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Silveira Farms 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE La Brucherie Produce, LLC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Olds Ranch 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1750 Production Office 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 43 2,161 FTE
CITY-NEAR Capay Canyon Ranch 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Valley Vineyards 23 FTE
NAT-TCR The Fontaine, A Kansas City Hotel 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rouses Market #60 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR S05723 - Port Huron Hauling 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Shop Rite of Millburn 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oklahoma City WWTP 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE 307MFH 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE 213EVE 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE WOM - Fairmont 61 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, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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