Seed bed preparing · California

Germains Seed Technology

Gilroy, CA · ~57 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Germains Seed Technology runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Seed bed preparing workplace, earning a grade C.

Germains Seed Technology: 4.8 TCR = 107% of Seed bed preparing BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Germains Seed Technology safety composite

Germains Seed Technology scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

Germains Seed Technology: 1.6 → 6.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2019

Germains Seed Technology's TCR rose 4.6 from 1.6 in 2017 to 6.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115112 · Gilroy, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 107% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #42/86
  • PHOTO Muller Ag, LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Muller Ag, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Germains Seed Technology in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Germains Seed Technology averages 4.8 TCR (107% of the Seed bed preparing BLS benchmark).

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

Germains Seed Technology TCR series: 2017=1.6 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=6.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Germains Seed Technology falls in its industry

221 Seed bed preparing establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 86 Seed bed preparing employers in California.

Germains Seed Technology (57 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Germains Seed Technology
Germains Seed Technology (57 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Germains Seed Technology has more employees than the Seed bed preparing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 6.2 4.1 3 0 0
2018 6.7 0.0 3 1 0
2017 1.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115112 · CA · Gilroy

221 Seed bed preparing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 113 employers in Gilroy, 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 Muller Ag, LLC 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR R Braun Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miller Family Wine Company 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR FCO Echo 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bowles Farming Company 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blanc Vineyards, LLC 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE MI RANCHITO FARMING INC 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmland Management Services 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 9 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR Christopher Ranch LLC 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0010-00100005 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olam West Coast 450 FTE
NAT-TCR Andis Tool 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hickory NC 90-03-41-38 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GLC Fountianview 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fort Worth Assembly 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stillwater RTF 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Juliette Low Elementary School 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE FC-Plainfield 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Max & Erma's Peters Township 57 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.