Almond hulling and shelling · California
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility
Hughson, CA · ~84 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Almond hulling and shelling workplace, earning a grade C.
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility: 5.3 TCR = 118% of Almond hulling and shelling BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility safety composite
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility: 4.6 → 6.0 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2020
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility's TCR rose 1.4 from 4.6 in 2017 to 6.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115114 · Hughson, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 5.3 · 118% of ind
- DART 6.0 DART
- RANK #121/236
- PHOTO Columbia Bean & Prod…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~84 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Columbia Bean & Produce (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Malaga Facilit
Malaga Facility
5.4 TCR
- This site
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility
5.3 TCR
- Columbia Bean
Columbia Bean & Produce
5.3 TCR
- Moonlight Pack
Moonlight Packing Company, LLC Plant 1
5.3 TCR
- Emerald Packin
Emerald Packing Company LLC
5.3 TCR
What this shows Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility averages 5.3 TCR (118% of the Almond hulling and shelling BLS benchmark).
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility TCR series: 2017=4.6 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=4 · 2020=6 · BLS 4.5
Where Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility falls in its industry
666 Almond hulling and shelling establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #121 safest of 236 Almond hulling and shelling employers in California.
Hughson Nut, Inc - Verduga Facility has more employees than the Almond hulling and shelling median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115114 · CA · Hughson
666 Almond hulling and shelling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 29 employers in Hughson, 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 | Columbia Bean & Produce | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Moonlight Packing Company, LLC Plant 1 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Malaga Facility | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Emerald Packing Company LLC | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | montalvo farms | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hansen Custom Farming, LLC | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hilarides Dairy | 84 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McIntyre Labor Service, LLC. | 84 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Duarte Nursery Inc. | 367 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 3118_6025 | 303 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Office/Processing | 273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Grower Direct Nut Company | 226 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | COS-ODFL | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hulett Environmental Services, Inc. - Broward office | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Garelick Largo | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Operations | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | WC Paducah | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Transportation Department | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mercy Health Lifestar Ambulance | 84 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gilbert Industries Inc | 84 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.