Alfalfa hay farming · California

De Jager Farms, Inc.

Chowchilla, CA · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

De Jager Farms, Inc. runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Alfalfa hay farming workplace, earning a grade C.

De Jager Farms, Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 88% of Alfalfa hay farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

De Jager Farms, Inc. safety composite

De Jager Farms, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−0.4

2017→2020

De Jager Farms, Inc. injury rate improved

De Jager Farms, Inc.'s TCR fell 0.4 from 4.2 in 2017 to 3.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.2 · 2020=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111940 · Chowchilla, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 88% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #4/18
  • PHOTO Oilars Ag Services
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Oilars Ag Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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De Jager Farms, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows De Jager Farms, Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (88% of the Alfalfa hay farming BLS benchmark).

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

De Jager Farms, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2020=3.8 · BLS 4.5

Where De Jager Farms, Inc. falls in its industry

31 Alfalfa hay farming establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 18 Alfalfa hay farming employers in California.

De Jager Farms, Inc. (65 employees, TCR 4.0) among 14 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 15 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 050100150 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate De Jager Farms, Inc.
De Jager Farms, Inc. (65 employees, TCR 4.0) among 14 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 4.2

De Jager Farms, Inc. has more employees than the Alfalfa hay farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2020 3.8 3.8 3 0 0
2017 4.2 4.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111940 · CA · Chowchilla

31 Alfalfa hay 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 Oilars Ag Services 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fondomonte California LLC - Blythe Ranch 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fondomonte Vicksburg Farm 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Al Dahra ACX, Inc. 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Thoroughfare Logistics LLC 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE WAG HOTELS - West Sacramento 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith & Enright Landscaping, Inc 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE BrightStar Care of Santa Barbara 65 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 Central Design 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 414 - Grand Prairie 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ingham's Regrooving Service 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE HS Wellnss 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairview Machine 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rocky Fork Company 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Swanson Wiper Corporation 65 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: 2020, 2017. 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.