Watermelon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production · California
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming
Ceres, CA · ~564 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Watermelon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production workplace, earning a grade D.
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming: 8.1 TCR = 179% of Watermelon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming safety composite
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.07 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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
−3.3
2019→2024
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming injury rate improved
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming's TCR fell 3.3 from 8.8 in 2019 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=8.8 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=11.6 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=5.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Ceres, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 8.1 · 179% of ind
- DART 4.4 DART
- RANK #132/175
- PHOTO Fagerberg Produce Inc
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 94 inj
- SIZE ~564 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fagerberg Produce Inc (0.1 TCR gap)
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Dan Avila & Sons - Farming in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Neil Bassetti
Neil Bassetti Farms, LLC
8.2 TCR
- This site
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming
8.1 TCR
- Rio Farms
Rio Farms
8.1 TCR
- Fagerberg Prod
Fagerberg Produce Inc
8 TCR
- Donald W Beema
Donald W Beeman
8 TCR
What this shows Dan Avila & Sons - Farming averages 8.1 TCR (179% of the Watermelon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark).
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming TCR series: 2019=8.8 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=11.6 · 2022=8.2 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 4.5
Where Dan Avila & Sons - Farming falls in its industry
331 Watermelon farming, field, bed establishmentsSafer than 23% 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 #132 safest of 175 Watermelon farming, field, bed employers in California.
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming has more employees than the Watermelon farming, field, bedding plant 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 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · Ceres
331 Watermelon farming, field, bedding plant and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 61 employers in Ceres, 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 | Fagerberg Produce Inc | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Donald W Beeman | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rio Farms | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Neil Bassetti Farms, LLC | 8.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wish Farms CA - Salinas | 564 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | California Service L.L.C. | 564 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mariani Nut Company | 564 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sierra Nevada Brewing Company | 564 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ono-227 | 914 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bronco Wine Company | 668 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1983 | 390 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NGB Construction inc | 363 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Encompass Health Rehabilitation Institute of Tucson | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Denton Plastics, Inc. | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harvest Sherwood Food Distributors Cleveland | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jabil Healthcare Receiving/Sort | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA - Chocolate Bayou Works | 564 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jordan Carriers | 564 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Schaeffler Group USA Inc. - Cheraw 2 | 564 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NISCO-Topeka | 564 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.