California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos
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LOS BANOS, CA | Fruit, machine harvesting
~168 avg employees | 2 years of OSHA data
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos has an average TCR of 3.3, which is 74% of the industry average (4.5) for Fruit, machine harvesting. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos operates an establishment with approximately 168 full-time equivalent workers in LOS BANOS, CA, classified under the Fruit, machine harvesting industry (NAICS 115113). Across 2 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 15 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 4.5 for Fruit, machine harvesting, California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos's workforce experiences 74% 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 below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
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 2 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos 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/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos'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 (2024)
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.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 434,993 hours worked = 1.84 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos (this establishment) | 3.34 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-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/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos 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.
- 2024: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 7 reportable incidents · 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
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