Farm labor contractors · California

Fresh Harvest INC

Heber, CA · ~1,487 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fresh Harvest INC runs at 204% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Fresh Harvest INC: 9.2 TCR = 204% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fresh Harvest INC safety composite

Fresh Harvest INC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−39.2

2017→2022

Fresh Harvest INC injury rate improved

Fresh Harvest INC's TCR fell 39.2 from 42.5 in 2017 to 3.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 42.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=42.5 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Heber, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 204% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #537/620
  • PHOTO Main Office
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 324 inj
  • SIZE ~1,487 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fresh Harvest INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fresh Harvest INC averages 9.2 TCR (204% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Fresh Harvest INC TCR series: 2017=42.5 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=1.6 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=2.2 · 2022=3.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Fresh Harvest INC falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #537 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

Fresh Harvest INC (1,487 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Fresh Harvest INC
Fresh Harvest INC (1,487 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Fresh Harvest INC has more employees than the Farm labor contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2022 3.3 2.5 57 5 0
2021 2.2 1.9 42 0 0
2020 1.1 1.0 20 0 0
2019 1.6 1.4 28 3 0
2018 4.2 3.8 75 1 0
2017 42.5 34.9 102 9 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Heber

836 Farm labor contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 11 employers in Heber, 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 Main Office 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rominger Brothers Farms 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pacific Harvest, Inc. 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parrott Investment Company, Inc. dba Llano Seco Rancho 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Channel Islands Social Services 1,488 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunview Vineyards of California Inc 1,489 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 194 1,485 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 171 1,485 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fresh Harvest, Inc. - California 1,481 FTE
CITY-NEAR FRESH HARVEST INC - TEXAS 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR SMD LOGISTICS INC - CA 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR El Toro Land & Cattle 62 FTE
NAT-TCR Basin Transit Service 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale North Fredericksburg Road 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0027-0026-02248 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Croatan Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Archbold Memorial Hospital 1,487 FTE
NAT-SIZE SMG 1,487 FTE
NAT-SIZE North American Lighting - Alabama 1,488 FTE
NAT-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : PHX7 1,486 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.