Almond farming · California
Castle Farms
Merced, CA · ~36 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Castle Farms runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Almond farming workplace, earning a grade D.
Castle Farms: 6.8 TCR = 151% of Almond farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Castle Farms safety composite
Castle Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Castle Farms: 4.3 → 7.0 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2022
Castle Farms's TCR rose 2.7 from 4.3 in 2018 to 7.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111335 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 151% of ind
- DART 7.0 DART
- RANK #85/107
- PHOTO lagoriobros@verizon.…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 13 inj
- SIZE ~36 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: lagoriobros@verizon.net (0.1 TCR gap)
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Castle Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- lagoriobros@ve
lagoriobros@verizon.net
6.9 TCR
- This site
Castle Farms
6.8 TCR
- Fillmore Farms
Fillmore Farms
6.7 TCR
- Durham Radinof
Durham Radinoff Partnership
6.6 TCR
- EW Merritt Far
EW Merritt Farms
6.5 TCR
What this shows Castle Farms averages 6.8 TCR (151% of the Almond farming BLS benchmark).
Castle Farms TCR series: 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=9.4 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=7 · BLS 4.5
Where Castle Farms falls in its industry
120 Almond farming establishmentsSafer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #85 safest of 107 Almond farming employers in California.
Castle Farms has fewer employees than the Almond farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111335 · CA · Merced
120 Almond farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, 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 | lagoriobros@verizon.net | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fillmore Farms | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Durham Radinoff Partnership | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | EW Merritt Farms | 6.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | River Garden Farms | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Knight Farms | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | J.H. MEEK & SONS INC. | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dirt Farmer and Company | 36 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6403-64030211 | 1,404 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED | 1,306 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Dignity Health | 1,279 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2643-64030211-211001 | 1,200 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Swire Coca-Cola of Glenwood Springs | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Denver Cold Storage, Inc. | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nefab | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6458-ZSLE | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Martin Tractor Inc Galesburg IL | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Comstock Industries | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ohio | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Niteo Products LLC Distribution Center | 36 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.