Tree nut farming · California

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc.

Modesto, CA · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tree nut farming workplace, earning a grade C.

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc.: 5.2 TCR = 115% of Tree nut farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. safety composite

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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 5.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. held a steady TCR band

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 5.3 in 2018 to 5.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.3 · 2019=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111335 · Modesto, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 5.2 · 115% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #69/107
  • PHOTO P-R Farms
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: P-R Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. averages 5.2 TCR (115% of the Tree nut farming BLS benchmark).

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

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. TCR series: 2018=5.3 · 2019=5.1 · BLS 4.5

Where K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. falls in its industry

120 Tree nut farming establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 107 Tree nut farming employers in California.

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc.
K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. (20 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.0

K. Darpinian & Sons, Inc. has fewer employees than the Tree nut farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2019 5.1 5.1 1 0 0
2018 5.3 5.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111335 · CA · Modesto

120 Tree nut farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 418 employers in Modesto, 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 P-R Farms 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maddox Farms (Burrel Location) 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BURCH CREEK FARMS, INC 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR D & J Farm Management LLC 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sills Farms, Inc. 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE F A Maggiore & Sons, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE CALMEX CONTRACTING INC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Velvet Antler Ranch LLC 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sutter Valley Hospitals (30240) 3,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR Modesto Operations 3,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4701-930 3,018 FTE
CITY-NEAR 930 DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO 2,759 FTE
NAT-TCR Faf Dfw 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cumberland Healthcare-Hospital 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 1885 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jerry's Metal Finishing 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE HMIRH01 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haverty Furniture Baton Rouge 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ravenwood 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reddy Ice - Pensacola (330) 20 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: 2019, 2018. 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.