California Sun Grower Services - South
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LOS BANOS, CA | Fruit, machine harvesting
~119 avg employees | 3 years of OSHA data
California Sun Grower Services - South has an average TCR of 6.0, which is 132% of the industry average (4.5) for Fruit, machine harvesting. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for California Sun Grower Services - South
California Sun Grower Services - South operates an establishment with approximately 119 full-time equivalent workers in LOS BANOS, CA, classified under the Fruit, machine harvesting industry (NAICS 115113). Across 3 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 24 recordable injuries, 1 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.0 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the D letter grade (Poor Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 4.5 for Fruit, machine harvesting, California Sun Grower Services - South's workforce experiences 132% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 3 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating California Sun Grower Services - South as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from California Sun Grower Services - South's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 115113 — Fruit, machine harvesting.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2020)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 328,872 hours worked = 4.26 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| California Sun Grower Services - South (this establishment) | 5.95 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Hay mowing, raking, baling, and chopping industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 115113 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 58.88 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by California Sun Grower Services - South to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 8 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
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 |
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