Dairy Farm · California

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc.

Merced, CA · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dairy Farm workplace, earning a grade B.

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 70% of Dairy Farm BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. safety composite

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc.: 0.0 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2019

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.9 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.9 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 70% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #17/205
  • PHOTO HD Ranch
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HD Ranch (0.0 TCR gap)

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Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (70% of the Dairy Farm BLS benchmark).

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

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=5.5 · 2019=3.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. falls in its industry

530 Dairy Farm establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #17 safest of 205 Dairy Farm employers in California.

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc.
Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Diamond J Custom Farming, Inc. has fewer employees than the Dairy Farm 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
2019 3.9 3.9 2 0 0
2018 5.5 5.5 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · CA · Merced

530 Dairy Farm employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, 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 HD Ranch 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR DJ Farms, LTD 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR DAIRY 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR De Jager Dairy North #1 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE HAULING & TRAILER SHOP 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Seasholtz Co., LLC 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Valley Vineyards 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Central Coast Vineyards 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030211 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030211-211001 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Westminster Suncoast 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Whitford Corp 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR JFK Virgin 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Newport Office 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE City Hall 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Essex Group Transportation 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Butler Fence Co., Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE DTE Gas Morgantown 26 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: 2019, 2018, 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.