Agriculture production or harvesting crews · California
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc
Watsonville, CA · ~30 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc runs at 201% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Agriculture production or harvesting crews workplace, earning a grade F.
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc: 9.0 TCR = 201% of Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc safety composite
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% 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%).
TCR Δ
−8.1
2017→2022
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc injury rate improved
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc's TCR fell 8.1 from 8.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 19.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=8.1 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=19.2 · 2022=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115115 · Watsonville, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 201% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #534/620
- PHOTO Aguilera Labor Contr…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Aguilera Labor Contractor (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cowles Berry Farm, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Aguilera Labor
Aguilera Labor Contractor
9.1 TCR
- This site
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc
9 TCR
- Gold Crown Nur
Gold Crown Nursery, LLC
9 TCR
- Valley Pride,
Valley Pride, Inc.
9 TCR
- AMR Contractin
AMR Contracting
9 TCR
What this shows Cowles Berry Farm, Inc averages 9.0 TCR (201% of the Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS benchmark).
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc TCR series: 2017=8.1 · 2018=10.7 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=10.2 · 2021=19.2 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5
Where Cowles Berry Farm, Inc falls in its industry
836 Agriculture production or harv establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #534 safest of 620 Agriculture production or harv employers in California.
Cowles Berry Farm, Inc has fewer employees than the Agriculture production or harvesting cre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19.2 | 12.8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115115 · CA · Watsonville
836 Agriculture production or harvesting crews employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 111 employers in Watsonville, 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 | Aguilera Labor Contractor | 9.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gold Crown Nursery, LLC | 9.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Valley Pride, Inc. | 9.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AMR Contracting | 9.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BZNUR | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1780 San Juan Rd. | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Charter Oaks | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greenfields Turf, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Office | 2,439 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Premiere Raspberries, LLC | 680 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Watsonville Community Hospital | 632 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC | 550 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Super Stop & Shop 0840 | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Quality Concrete, Inc. | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kois Brothers Equipment Co | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | USM Store #911 (ALBERTSONS MARKET) | 9.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Insul-Bead Corporation | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CJ Logging Equipment | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nampa Packaging and Production | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hitemco Medical Applications (Himed) | 30 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.