Food inspection agencies · California

DFA of California

Sacramento, CA · ~318 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DFA of California runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Food inspection agencies workplace, earning a grade C.

DFA of California: 3.3 TCR = 102% of Food inspection agencies BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DFA of California safety composite

DFA of California scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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)
C 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.5

2017→2024

DFA of California injury rate improved

DFA of California's TCR fell 3.5 from 4.5 in 2017 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.5 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926140 · Sacramento, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 102% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/19
  • PHOTO Ag Commissioner
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~318 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ag Commissioner (0.4 TCR gap)

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DFA of California in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DFA of California averages 3.3 TCR (102% of the Food inspection agencies BLS benchmark).

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

DFA of California TCR series: 2017=4.5 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.2

Where DFA of California falls in its industry

30 Food inspection agencies establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 19 Food inspection agencies employers in California.

DFA of California (318 employees, TCR 3.3) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 14 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DFA of California
DFA of California (318 employees, TCR 3.3) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.6

DFA of California has more employees than the Food inspection agencies median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.5 2.7 4 0 0
2022 1.8 0.9 2 0 0
2021 4.5 3.0 6 0 0
2020 3.4 2.0 5 0 0
2019 3.2 1.9 5 0 0
2018 4.3 3.7 7 0 0
2017 4.5 3.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926140 · CA · Sacramento

30 Food inspection agencies employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 1,348 employers in Sacramento, 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 Ag Commissioner 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Processing Tomato Advisory Board 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR County of Ventura 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Owyhee Irrigation District - Nyssa, OR 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Grimmius Cattle Company, Inc. - Home Ranch 318 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alston Construction Company, Inc. 318 FTE
STATE-SIZE Doty Bros. Equipment Co. 318 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Dutra Group 318 FTE
CITY-NEAR UC Davis Health 10,481 FTE
CITY-NEAR Employment Development Department 8,494 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 451 5,500 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 485 5,500 FTE
NAT-TCR CBJ Aquatics 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Flight Network 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Vital Earth Resources, Inc. 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE L3Harris 318 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pittman Center 318 FTE
NAT-SIZE Instrumentation Laboratory (Werfen) 318 FTE
NAT-SIZE EPI Power, LLC. 318 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, 2023, 2022, 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.