Fruit, machine harvesting · California

California Sun Grower Services - South

Los Banos, CA · ~119 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

California Sun Grower Services - South runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fruit, machine harvesting workplace, earning a grade D.

California Sun Grower Services - South: 6.0 TCR = 132% of Fruit, machine harvesting BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

California Sun Grower Services - South safety composite

California Sun Grower Services - South scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−4.4

2017→2020

California Sun Grower Services - South injury rate improved

California Sun Grower Services - South's TCR fell 4.4 from 8.6 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.6 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115113 · Los Banos, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 132% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #17/25
  • PHOTO Berrybrook
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Berrybrook (0.3 TCR gap)

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California Sun Grower Services - South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows California Sun Grower Services - South averages 6.0 TCR (132% of the Fruit, machine harvesting BLS benchmark).

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

California Sun Grower Services - South TCR series: 2017=8.6 · 2019=5 · 2020=4.3 · BLS 4.5

Where California Sun Grower Services - South falls in its industry

34 Fruit, machine harvesting establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 25 Fruit, machine harvesting employers in California.

California Sun Grower Services - South (119 employees, TCR 6.0) among 20 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 21 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate California Sun Grower Services - South
California Sun Grower Services - South (119 employees, TCR 6.0) among 20 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.1

California Sun Grower Services - South has more employees than the Fruit, machine harvesting median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2020 4.3 4.3 7 0 0
2019 5.0 3.7 7 1 0
2017 8.6 6.0 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115113 · CA · Los Banos

34 Fruit, machine harvesting employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 52 employers in Los Banos, 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 Berrybrook 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid Valley Harvesting , Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SALINAS YARD 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR ERICK NIELSEN ENTERPRISES INC 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fresh Prep, LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE HM Clause - Cousteau 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Booth Ranches LLC 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pyramid Flowers 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 316 779 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Liberty Packing Company 590 FTE
CITY-NEAR Liberty Packing Company 496 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Valley Hospitals (30738) 374 FTE
NAT-TCR Apco Electric, Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR ADDA - Piscataway 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mc Automotive DBA Montrose Mazda Kent 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6340-VIKING-WI012 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 01H2 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercy LIFE of Massachussetts 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kaydon Ring and Seal 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tanner Construction Company Inc 119 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: 2020, 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.