Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers · California

Calavo SPPH

Santa Paula, CA · ~85 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Calavo SPPH runs at 154% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Calavo SPPH: 3.4 TCR = 154% of Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Calavo SPPH safety composite

Calavo SPPH scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% 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

Calavo SPPH: 2.7 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.93× in 2024

Calavo SPPH's TCR rose 0.5 from 2.7 in 2022 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424480 · Santa Paula, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 154% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #20/71
  • PHOTO Chiquita LADC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chiquita LADC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Calavo SPPH in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Calavo SPPH averages 3.4 TCR (154% of the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Calavo SPPH TCR series: 2022=2.7 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Calavo SPPH falls in its industry

369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 71 Fresh fruits, vegetables and b employers in California.

Calavo SPPH (85 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Calavo SPPH
Calavo SPPH (85 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 83 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Calavo SPPH has more employees than the Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 3.1 3.1 3 0 0
2023 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424480 · CA · Santa Paula

369 Fresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 45 employers in Santa Paula, 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 Chiquita LADC 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inver Grove Heights 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR JHP PRODUCE, INC. 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Freshpoint Hawaii LLC dba Armstrong Produce Honolulu 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gallo Vineyards, Inc. 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roche Brothers Inc. 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Village Nurseries Pauma Valley Yard 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunlet Nursery, Inc. 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 203 2,546 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hot Line Construction Santa Paula 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR TLF 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR SantaPaulaHospital 173 FTE
NAT-TCR Fll-Technical Operations 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Dalkia US 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Commonwealth Environmental Systems, L.P. 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Realm Construction Company 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Performance Contractors, Inc. - Duke Energy-Edwardsport 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dynamo Specialty Distributing, LLC 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Apple Rehab Corporate 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phrg Phx 85 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.