Farm labor contractors · California

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc.

Santa Maria, CA · ~169 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. runs at 150% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 150% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. safety composite

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−2.9

2017→2019

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. injury rate improved

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.9 from 7.7 in 2017 to 4.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.7 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 150% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #457/620
  • PHOTO Rio Vista Fruit Farms
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~169 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rio Vista Fruit Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (150% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=4.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #457 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. (169 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Cal-South Harvesting, Inc.
Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. (169 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Cal-South Harvesting, Inc. has more employees than the Farm labor contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2019 4.7 4.7 3 0 0
2018 7.9 4.7 4 1 0
2017 7.7 2.5 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Santa Maria

836 Farm labor contractors 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 Rio Vista Fruit Farms 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foley Family Farms, Ferrari-Carano 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BENGARD RANCH, INC. 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR M.G.R. FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Adam Gutierrez 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE E & C LABOR SERVICES INC 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE MALAGA SHIPPING 169 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ensign Well Services - California 169 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 NSCC 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR High Point Jail 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Disposal - Northbrook Hauling 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Grant's Mechanical, LLC 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mason, Ohio 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4Front Solutions 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE SandRidge Operating - Alva Office 169 FTE
NAT-SIZE Area Residential Care Main Building 169 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: 2019, 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.