Tree nut farming · California
EW Merritt Farms
Porterville, CA · ~70 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
EW Merritt Farms runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tree nut farming workplace, earning a grade D.
EW Merritt Farms: 6.5 TCR = 145% of Tree nut farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
EW Merritt Farms safety composite
EW Merritt Farms scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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
EW Merritt Farms: 5.7 → 13.0 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 210.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
EW Merritt Farms's TCR rose 7.3 from 5.7 in 2018 to 13.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 210.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111335 · Porterville, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 145% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #82/107
- PHOTO Durham Radinoff Part…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Durham Radinoff Partnership (0.1 TCR gap)
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EW Merritt Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- CASTLE FARMS
CASTLE FARMS
6.8 TCR
- Fillmore Farms
Fillmore Farms
6.7 TCR
- Durham Radinof
Durham Radinoff Partnership
6.6 TCR
- This site
EW Merritt Farms
6.5 TCR
- Russell Harris
Russell Harris Farms
6.3 TCR
What this shows EW Merritt Farms averages 6.5 TCR (145% of the Tree nut farming BLS benchmark).
EW Merritt Farms TCR series: 2018=5.7 · 2020=210.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.4 · 2024=13 · BLS 4.5
Where EW Merritt Farms falls in its industry
120 Tree nut farming establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #82 safest of 107 Tree nut farming employers in California.
EW Merritt Farms has more employees than the Tree nut farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 210.5 | 210.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111335 · CA · Porterville
120 Tree nut farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 147 employers in Porterville, 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 | Durham Radinoff Partnership | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fillmore Farms | 6.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CASTLE FARMS | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Russell Harris Farms | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Heritage Land Company | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ceballos Ag Services, Inc. | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | NRTHN | 70 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | lagoriobros@verizon.net | 70 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 173 | 1,485 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AG | 1,379 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ag Star Harvesting Inc 1 | 1,180 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6021 | 1,030 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hasslen Construction Company, Inc. | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CLEAN Uniform Company Oklahoma | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clean Uniform Company Joplin | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lefeld Industrial & Welding Supplies | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Paul BNSF | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Flash Global Logistics - OH | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ShopJimmy.com | 70 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Myers Construction Inc | 70 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.