Strawberry farming · California

Golden State Harvesting, Inc.

Watsonville, CA · ~165 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Golden State Harvesting, Inc. runs at 138% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Strawberry farming workplace, earning a grade D.

Golden State Harvesting, Inc.: 6.2 TCR = 138% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Golden State Harvesting, Inc. safety composite

Golden State Harvesting, Inc. 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.2 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2018→2024

Golden State Harvesting, Inc. injury rate improved

Golden State Harvesting, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.3 from 6.5 in 2018 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.5 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=9.7 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111333 · Watsonville, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 138% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #87/124
  • PHOTO Crisalida Berry Farm…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 32 inj
  • SIZE ~165 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crisalida Berry Farms, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Golden State Harvesting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Golden State Harvesting, Inc. averages 6.2 TCR (138% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Golden State Harvesting, Inc. TCR series: 2018=6.5 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=9.7 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Golden State Harvesting, Inc. falls in its industry

132 Strawberry farming establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #87 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.

Golden State Harvesting, Inc. (165 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Golden State Harvesting, Inc.
Golden State Harvesting, Inc. (165 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Golden State Harvesting, Inc. has fewer employees than the Strawberry farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 5.2 4.2 8 2 0
2020 9.7 7.5 9 4 0
2019 3.5 3.5 5 0 0
2018 6.5 6.5 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111333 · CA · Watsonville

132 Strawberry farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 111 employers in Watsonville, 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 Crisalida Berry Farms, LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SANTA CLARA FARMS LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SVL - 01 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red Bluff Nursery 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pier 96-Recycle Central 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE 920080001 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE RbA Orange County 165 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sacramento-Antelope #036 165 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Office 2,439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premiere Raspberries, LLC 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watsonville Community Hospital 632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC 550 FTE
NAT-TCR Lyons & Hohl Site Contractors 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Piedmont Columbus Northside Hospital 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Denali Ingredients Calhoun 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 101 AZ Dairy 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Belmont Village Turtle Creek 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Scheck Mechanical Corporation 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE NX Automotive Logistics USA, Inc. (ELP) 165 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valdosta GA FXFE-VLD 165 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.