Farm labor contractors · California

Central City Harvesting, Inc.

Nipomo, CA · ~112 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central City Harvesting, Inc. runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Central City Harvesting, Inc.: 6.4 TCR = 143% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central City Harvesting, Inc. safety composite

Central City Harvesting, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

Central City Harvesting, Inc.: 5.0 → 7.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2024

Central City Harvesting, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.9 from 5.0 in 2023 to 7.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Nipomo, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 143% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #435/620
  • PHOTO Antonio R Soto FLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~112 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Antonio R Soto FLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central City Harvesting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central City Harvesting, Inc. averages 6.4 TCR (143% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Central City Harvesting, Inc. TCR series: 2023=5 · 2024=7.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Central City Harvesting, Inc. falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #435 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

Central City Harvesting, Inc. (112 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Central City Harvesting, Inc.
Central City Harvesting, Inc. (112 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Central City Harvesting, Inc. has more employees than the Farm labor contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 7.9 6.9 8 0 0
2023 5.0 5.0 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Nipomo

836 Farm labor contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 31 employers in Nipomo, 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 Antonio R Soto FLC 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR AGSER CONTRACTING 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR QUALITY FARM LABOR INC. 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Six Jewels 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DFF 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE HMB North Property 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE PULIDO AG SERVICE 112 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nestle Purina PetCare 112 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buenaventura Ranch, LLC 557 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sarc, Inc. 345 FTE
CITY-NEAR WE LOVE BERRIES LLC 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cal South Harvesting LLC 285 FTE
NAT-TCR City Of Nashville Illinois 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 216 City of Nashville 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR White Oak Manor Kings Mountain 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Njlaw - Lawnside 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE RDA Management 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pratt Paper (IN), LLC 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joe Wheeler EMC 112 FTE
NAT-SIZE Donnewald Distributing Company 112 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.