Strawberry farming · California

Darensberries, LLC

Santa Maria, CA · ~709 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Darensberries, LLC runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Strawberry farming workplace, earning a grade A.

Darensberries, LLC: 1.4 TCR = 32% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Darensberries, LLC safety composite

Darensberries, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

Darensberries, LLC: 1.2 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 1.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2021

Darensberries, LLC's TCR rose 0.5 from 1.2 in 2020 to 1.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111333 · Santa Maria, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 32% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #22/124
  • PHOTO Ortega Berry Farms, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~709 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ortega Berry Farms, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Darensberries, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Darensberries, LLC averages 1.4 TCR (32% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Darensberries, LLC TCR series: 2020=1.2 · 2021=1.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Darensberries, LLC falls in its industry

132 Strawberry farming establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.

Darensberries, LLC (709 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Darensberries, LLC
Darensberries, LLC (709 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Darensberries, LLC has more employees than the Strawberry farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2021 1.6 1.4 12 0 0
2020 1.2 0.8 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111333 · CA · Santa Maria

132 Strawberry farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, 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 Ortega Berry Farms, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Strawberry Harvest 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR RANCHO DEL MAR, INC. 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR OLD TOWN HARVESTING, INC 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 266 JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 708 FTE
STATE-SIZE District Attorney 708 FTE
STATE-SIZE Technical Safety Services 708 FTE
STATE-SIZE Riverside 708 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR BHE - Canon City Utility Dr (CO008) 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Accelerated Care Plus 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Florence Center 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Starcon - West 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corning 709 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mercy Health Clermont Hospital 709 FTE
NAT-SIZE St David's Center for Child & Family Development 709 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1855-OKTUL08 709 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: 2021, 2020. 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.