Blackberry farming · California

G&G Berry Farms

Santa Maria, CA · ~46 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

G&G Berry Farms runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blackberry farming workplace, earning a grade A.

G&G Berry Farms: 2.0 TCR = 45% of Blackberry farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

G&G Berry Farms safety composite

G&G Berry Farms scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.1

2020→2024

G&G Berry Farms injury rate improved

G&G Berry Farms's TCR fell 1.1 from 4.2 in 2020 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.2 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111334 · Santa Maria, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 45% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #1/8
  • PHOTO Ritter Production Fa…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ritter Production Farms (Berry Farm) (0.1 TCR gap)

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G&G Berry Farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows G&G Berry Farms averages 2.0 TCR (45% of the Blackberry farming BLS benchmark).

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

G&G Berry Farms TCR series: 2020=4.2 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where G&G Berry Farms falls in its industry

41 Blackberry farming establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 8 Blackberry farming employers in California.

G&G Berry Farms (46 employees, TCR 2.0) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 5.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 26 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate G&G Berry Farms
G&G Berry Farms (46 employees, TCR 2.0) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 5.6

G&G Berry Farms has fewer employees than the Blackberry farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111334 · CA · Santa Maria

41 Blackberry farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, 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 Ritter Production Farms (Berry Farm) 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DeGrandchamps Blueberry Farm 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harrells Facility 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grand Junction Office 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matteoli Brothers 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE IMR Farms-San Miguel 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pitigliano Farm Services, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Village Nurseries Main Office 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR Thomas E. Keller Trucking 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Burlington Richmond Plant 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-South Lumber Co. of Northwest Florida, Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Centrex Plastics 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clear Creek Amana Transportation Building 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Barrel Mill 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ryder FMS 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Michaels Elementary 46 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. 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.