Dairy cattle farming · California

De Jager Dairy North #1

Chowchilla, CA · ~43 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

De Jager Dairy North #1 runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dairy cattle farming workplace, earning a grade B.

De Jager Dairy North #1: 3.2 TCR = 71% of Dairy cattle farming BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

De Jager Dairy North #1 safety composite

De Jager Dairy North #1 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2017→2024

De Jager Dairy North #1 injury rate improved

De Jager Dairy North #1's TCR fell 1.9 from 3.2 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.2 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Chowchilla, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 71% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #19/205
  • PHOTO Hickory Hill Farms
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hickory Hill Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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De Jager Dairy North #1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows De Jager Dairy North #1 averages 3.2 TCR (71% of the Dairy cattle farming BLS benchmark).

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

De Jager Dairy North #1 TCR series: 2017=3.2 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=3 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=0 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 4.5

Where De Jager Dairy North #1 falls in its industry

530 Dairy cattle farming establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 205 Dairy cattle farming employers in California.

De Jager Dairy North #1 (43 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate De Jager Dairy North #1
De Jager Dairy North #1 (43 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

De Jager Dairy North #1 has more employees than the Dairy cattle farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 8.6 8.6 3 0 0
2019 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2018 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2017 3.2 3.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · CA · Chowchilla

530 Dairy cattle farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 36 employers in Chowchilla, 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 Hickory Hill Farms 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DJ Farms, LTD 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zuber Farms LLC 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR HD Ranch 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert & Sandra Garcia Farming Partnership 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARVIN ADMINISTRATION 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Donald W Beeman 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE KG Vineyard Management, LLC 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley State Prision -- Inmates 1,438 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pacific Orchard Development Inc 679 FTE
CITY-NEAR AgriLand Farming Co. Inc. 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guerrero Labor Contractor 238 FTE
NAT-TCR Nissan Memphis Parts Distribution Center 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ingalls Site Development Inc. 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Katzman Family Center for Living 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amherst County Community Health Center 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 02070-02-02-SPOKANE 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sheboygan Health Services 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coral Springs 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ward Rugh Inc 43 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.