Fruit, machine harvesting · California
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos
Los Banos, CA · ~168 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fruit, machine harvesting workplace, earning a grade B.
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos: 3.3 TCR = 74% of Fruit, machine harvesting BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos safety composite
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
70/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 82% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% 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%).
Rising injury rate
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos: 3.0 → 3.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.55× in 2024
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.0 in 2023 to 3.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115113 · Los Banos, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 74% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #3/25
- PHOTO Sensient Natural Ing…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~168 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sensient Natural Ingredients, Field and Research (0.0 TCR gap)
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California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Lamb Chops Inc
Lamb Chops Inc
3.7 TCR
- Crown Harvesti
Crown Harvesting Inc.
3.5 TCR
- This site
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos
3.3 TCR
- Sensient Natur
Sensient Natural Ingredients, Field and Research
3.3 TCR
- Plover #205 Fa
Plover #205 Farms
3.3 TCR
What this shows California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos averages 3.3 TCR (74% of the Fruit, machine harvesting BLS benchmark).
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos TCR series: 2023=3 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 4.5
Where California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos falls in its industry
34 Fruit, machine harvesting establishmentsSafer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 25 Fruit, machine harvesting employers in California.
California Sun Grower Services/Equipment Services & Lucero Farms - Los Banos has more employees than the Fruit, machine harvesting median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 7 | 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 | Sensient Natural Ingredients, Field and Research | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plover #205 Farms | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Crown Harvesting Inc. | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lamb Chops Inc | 3.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mininger Farms | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bud of California Lettuce | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CCH | 168 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Orange County Plastering Company Inc. | 168 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 | Knit Textiles | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Windward Management Co Ltd | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Humboldt Live Haul | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | O'Hair Shutters East | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Minneapolis Marriott NW | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | FedEx Supply Chain PetSmart Columbus | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cantex Continuing Care Network LLC | 168 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Germantown Wi - 3173 | 168 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.