Almond hulling and shelling · California

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman)

Kerman, CA · ~74 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) runs at 273% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Almond hulling and shelling workplace, earning a grade F.

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman): 12.3 TCR = 273% of Almond hulling and shelling BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) safety composite

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% 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

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman): 4.2 → 20.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 20.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.92× in 2022

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman)'s TCR rose 15.8 from 4.2 in 2017 to 20.0 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.92× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Kerman, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 273% of ind

  • DART 11.2 DART
  • RANK #215/236
  • PHOTO RBI Packing, LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 51 inj
  • SIZE ~74 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RBI Packing, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) averages 12.3 TCR (273% of the Almond hulling and shelling BLS benchmark).

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

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=18.9 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=8.9 · 2022=20 · BLS 4.5

Where Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) falls in its industry

666 Almond hulling and shelling establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #215 safest of 236 Almond hulling and shelling employers in California.

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) (74 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Central California Almond Growers (Kerman)
Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) (74 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) has more employees than the Almond hulling and shelling median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 20.0 11.2 14 2 0
2021 8.9 7.7 7 0 0
2020 10.9 6.0 9 0 0
2019 18.9 8.7 12 1 0
2018 10.7 0.0 6 1 0
2017 4.2 1.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · CA · Kerman

666 Almond hulling and shelling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 46 employers in Kerman, 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 RBI Packing, LLC 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caruthers Raisin Packing Co., Inc. 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Fruit Co. 12.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blanca 12.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wonderful Orchards-New Columbia 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Apricot Lane Farms 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jose Jesus Garcia Jr 74 FTE
STATE-SIZE elbow creek ag, inc. 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR E.E. Hall Inc. 1,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hall Management Group, Inc 1,596 FTE
CITY-NEAR 918 S Del Norte, Kerman Ca 93630 1,109 FTE
CITY-NEAR West 824 FTE
NAT-TCR Canopy by Hilton Atlanta Midtown 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZANO 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Chicago Northside ARC 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gilman Park Assisted Living 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roadway Specialties, Inc. 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Essentium HQ 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arcadia Inc. - ADT - ATX 74 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stoddard International, LLC 74 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.