Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production · California
Costa Farms, Inc.
Soledad, CA · ~64 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Costa Farms, Inc. runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production workplace, earning a grade D.
Costa Farms, Inc.: 7.5 TCR = 166% of Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Costa Farms, Inc. safety composite
Costa Farms, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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%).
TCR Δ
−9.0
2017→2024
Costa Farms, Inc. injury rate improved
Costa Farms, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.0 from 10.4 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=10.4 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=10.4 · 2024=1.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Soledad, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 166% of ind
- DART 1.4 DART
- RANK #123/175
- PHOTO Timothy & Viguie C.S…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~64 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Timothy & Viguie C.S.V. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Costa Farms, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Kelena Farms,
Kelena Farms, Inc.
7.6 TCR
- This site
Costa Farms, Inc.
7.5 TCR
- Timothy & Vigu
Timothy & Viguie C.S.V.
7.5 TCR
- Costa Farms
Costa Farms
7.5 TCR
- TELESIS ONION
TELESIS ONION CO., INC.
7.4 TCR
What this shows Costa Farms, Inc. averages 7.5 TCR (166% of the Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark).
Costa Farms, Inc. TCR series: 2017=10.4 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=5 · 2021=10.4 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Costa Farms, Inc. falls in its industry
331 Truck farming, field, bedding establishmentsSafer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #123 safest of 175 Truck farming, field, bedding employers in California.
Costa Farms, Inc. has fewer employees than the Truck farming, field, bedding plant and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.4 | 5.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 10.4 | 2.1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · Soledad
331 Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 33 employers in Soledad, 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 | Timothy & Viguie C.S.V. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Costa Farms | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TELESIS ONION CO., INC. | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kelena Farms, Inc. | 7.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MDERA | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AGS FARM LABOR CORPORATION | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Arroyo Seco Vineyards, Inc | 64 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Doud Ranch | 64 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Vista Verde Labor, Inc | 1,564 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cerritos Farms, Inc. | 1,299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Value Added Soledad | 826 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PRO AG HARVESTING INC. | 795 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Atlanta | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Advanced Polymer Coatings | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Remer Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Texas Container | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Trulite Glass & Aluminum | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pro-Max Restoration and Paint Corp | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Murray & Stafford Inc. | 64 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | First Mate Printing & Converting | 64 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.