Fruit sorting, grading, and packing · California

Kings River Farming, Inc.

Name: Kings River Farming, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sanger, CA · ~472 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 1
Fatality

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The verdict

Kings River Farming, Inc. runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fruit sorting, grading, and packing workplace, earning a grade C.

Kings River Farming, Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 107% of Fruit sorting, grading, and packing BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kings River Farming, Inc. safety composite

Kings River Farming, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−1.6

2017→2023

Kings River Farming, Inc. injury rate improved

Kings River Farming, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.6 from 6.8 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=2.8 · 2023=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Sanger, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 107% of ind

DART 3.2 DART
RANK #101/236
PHOTO Vernalis - Packaging
BOOK 4y book
INJ 83 inj
SIZE ~472 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vernalis - Packaging (0.0 TCR gap)

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RIVERMAID TRAD

4.8

What this shows Kings River Farming, Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (107% of the Fruit sorting, grading, and packing BLS benchmark).

Kings River Farming, Inc. TCR series: 2017=6.8 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=2.8 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Kings River Farming, Inc. falls in its industry

666 Fruit sorting, grading, and pa establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #101 safest of 236 Fruit sorting, grading, and pa employers in California.

Kings River Farming, Inc. (472 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Kings River Farming, Inc. has more employees than the Fruit sorting, grading, and packing 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
2023	5.2	3.2	40	0	0
2019	2.8	1.6	11	3	0
2018	4.5	2.6	10	7	0
2017	6.8	6.2	22	0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · CA · Sanger

666 Fruit sorting, grading, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 46 employers in Sanger, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Vernalis - Packaging	VERNALIS, CA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wilco Peanut Co.	PLEASANTON, TX	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Exeter-Ivanhoe Citrus Association	EXETER, CA	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RIVERMAID TRADING COMPANY	LODI, CA	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Golden Labor Services LLC	SHAFTER	472 FTE
STATE-SIZE	F & F CONTRACTING INC	FRESNO	472 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Collins Electrical Company - Metro	STOCKTON	472 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Morgan Hill Office	MORGAN HILL	472 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fruit Harvest Family, Inc.	Sanger	4,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fruit Harvest No 2 Inc	Sanger	1,433 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sanger Plant	Sanger	1,425 FTE
CITY-NEAR	EVERARDO GONZALEZ	Sanger	866 FTE
NAT-TCR	Rudy Schmid Inc.	Syracuse, NY	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rolla- Navig8	Rolla, MO	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Entertrainment Junction	West Chester, OH	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lci - 027	Pendleton, OR	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	STLVMOKO	Earth City, MO	472 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Transport Solutions Americas : MFG-Hastings, NE-USA	Hastings, NE	472 FTE
NAT-SIZE	South Portland	South Portland, ME	472 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bellevue Medical Center	Omaha, NE	472 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: 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.