fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers · California
California Giant Incorporated
Watsonville, CA · ~88 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
California Giant Incorporated runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
California Giant Incorporated: 1.9 TCR = 85% of fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
California Giant Incorporated safety composite
California Giant Incorporated scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% 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).
79/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 88% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 89% 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%).
California Giant Incorporated held a steady TCR band
California Giant Incorporated's TCR held near 0.0 from 1.3 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=1.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424480 · Watsonville, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 85% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #10/71
- PHOTO Southern Specialties…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Southern Specialties, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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California Giant Incorporated in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
California Giant Incorporated
1.9 TCR
- Southern Speci
Southern Specialties, Inc
1.9 TCR
- Green Field Fa
Green Field Farms
1.9 TCR
- J.P. Sullivan
J.P. Sullivan and Co
1.9 TCR
- The Garden Who
The Garden Wholesale, Inc.
1.8 TCR
What this shows California Giant Incorporated averages 1.9 TCR (85% of the fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
California Giant Incorporated TCR series: 2017=1.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=8.3 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 2.2
Where California Giant Incorporated falls in its industry
369 fresh fruit and vegetable merc establishmentsSafer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 71 fresh fruit and vegetable merc employers in California.
California Giant Incorporated has more employees than the fresh fruit and vegetable merchant whole 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 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424480 · CA · Watsonville
369 fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 111 employers in Watsonville, 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 | Southern Specialties, Inc | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Field Farms | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | J.P. Sullivan and Co | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Garden Wholesale, Inc. | 1.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Neil Bassetti Farms, LLC | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Espinosa | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Shoei Foods USA, Inc. | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Crown Hill Ranches Inc. | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Office | 2,439 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Premiere Raspberries, LLC | 680 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Watsonville Community Hospital | 632 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC | 550 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nashville Admin Unit | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Flex-Hose Co., Inc. | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Portland Hvc | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookfield | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 733 CAT Pontiac | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Henkels & McCoy, Inc. - Chantilly, VA | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rouses Market #47 | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ESCO -Watertown | 88 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.