Milking dairy cattle · California
John DeGroot & Son
Fresno, CA · ~42 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
John DeGroot & Son runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Milking dairy cattle workplace, earning a grade C.
John DeGroot & Son: 5.0 TCR = 111% of Milking dairy cattle BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
John DeGroot & Son safety composite
John DeGroot & Son scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 21% 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
John DeGroot & Son: 4.2 → 8.7 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 73.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.39× in 2024
John DeGroot & Son's TCR rose 4.5 from 4.2 in 2017 to 8.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 73.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 112120 · Fresno, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 5.0 · 111% of ind
- DART 7.0 DART
- RANK #49/205
- PHOTO Brand West Dairy
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~42 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Brand West Dairy (0.0 TCR gap)
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John DeGroot & Son in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
John DeGroot & Son
5 TCR
- Brand West Dai
Brand West Dairy
5 TCR
- Synergy LLC
Synergy LLC
5 TCR
- R Doornenbal D
R Doornenbal Dairy
5 TCR
- Pinnacle Dairy
Pinnacle Dairy LLC
5 TCR
What this shows John DeGroot & Son averages 5.0 TCR (111% of the Milking dairy cattle BLS benchmark).
John DeGroot & Son TCR series: 2017=4.2 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=73.2 · 2021=2 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=8.7 · BLS 4.5
Where John DeGroot & Son falls in its industry
530 Milking dairy cattle establishmentsSafer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 205 Milking dairy cattle employers in California.
John DeGroot & Son has more employees than the Milking dairy cattle median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 | 8.7 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 73.2 | 24.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
112120 · CA · Fresno
530 Milking dairy cattle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 981 employers in Fresno, 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 | Brand West Dairy | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Synergy LLC | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | R Doornenbal Dairy | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pinnacle Dairy LLC | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Quad H | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CJJ Farming, Inc | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oceano Packing Company LLC | 42 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Connell Ranch | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | County of Fresno | 7,553 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ag Force LLC | 6,430 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Community Regional Medical Ctr | 5,549 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Community Regional Medical Center | 4,921 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 705GFD | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | C.C. Construction, Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | First Student | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hill International Trucks WWV | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Yarbrough Industries, Inc | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vigen Construction, Inc.- East Grand Forks | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Midlantic Marking Inc | 42 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wanner Metal Worx | 42 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.