Nursery stock growing · California

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo

Name: Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Nipomo, CA · ~15 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.4
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo runs at 254% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nursery stock growing workplace, earning a grade F.

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo: 11.4 TCR = 254% of Nursery stock growing BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo safety composite

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers
DART rate: F 22.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo: 0.0 → 22.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 22.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo's TCR rose 22.9 from 0.0 in 2023 to 22.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Nipomo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 254% of ind

DART 22.9 DART
RANK #109/120
PHOTO McKenzie Farms
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: McKenzie Farms (0.2 TCR gap)

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Plug Connectio

11.7
Sod Farm

11.7
This site

11.4
McKenzie Farms

11.3
3417_6605

11.3

What this shows Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo averages 11.4 TCR (254% of the Nursery stock growing BLS benchmark).

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=22.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo falls in its industry

386 Nursery stock growing establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #109 safest of 120 Nursery stock growing employers in California.

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo (15 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Growers Transplanting Inc Nipomo has fewer employees than the Nursery stock growing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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	22.9	22.9	1	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · CA · Nipomo

386 Nursery stock growing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 31 employers in Nipomo, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	McKenzie Farms	OREGON CITY, OR	11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	3417_6605	REEDLEY, CA	11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plug Connection -Vista	VISTA, CA	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sod Farm	POCATELLO, ID	11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	JK FARMS	ARBUCKLE	15 FTE
STATE-SIZE	workers	FRESNO	15 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pajaro Valley	PAJARO VALLEY	15 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MMF-Hemet	HEMET	15 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Buenaventura Ranch, LLC	Nipomo	557 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sarc, Inc.	Nipomo	345 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WE LOVE BERRIES LLC	Nipomo	289 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cal South Harvesting LLC	Nipomo	285 FTE
NAT-TCR	Blough, Inc	Lowell, MI	11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	BMI Merchandise	Lakewood, NJ	11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Velan Valve	Williston, VT	11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Orlgn - La Grande	La Grande, OR	11.4 TCR

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. 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.