Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production · California
Knight Farms
Glenn, CA · ~36 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Knight Farms runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production workplace, earning a grade D.
Knight Farms: 6.4 TCR = 142% of Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Knight Farms safety composite
Knight Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Knight Farms: 6.6 → 7.1 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2024
Knight Farms's TCR rose 0.5 from 6.6 in 2017 to 7.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Glenn, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 142% of ind
- DART 7.1 DART
- RANK #102/175
- PHOTO Pacific Tomato Growe…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~36 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm (0.0 TCR gap)
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Knight Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Knight Farms
6.4 TCR
- Pacific Tomato
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm
6.4 TCR
- Bland Farms, L
Bland Farms, LLC
6.4 TCR
- Turek Farms Ma
Turek Farms Management Inc.
6.4 TCR
- Harlan Family
Harlan Family Ranch
6.3 TCR
What this shows Knight Farms averages 6.4 TCR (142% of the Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark).
Knight Farms TCR series: 2017=6.6 · 2018=12 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=7 · 2021=7.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=7.1 · BLS 4.5
Where Knight Farms falls in its industry
331 Truck farming, field, bedding establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #102 safest of 175 Truck farming, field, bedding employers in California.
Knight Farms has fewer employees than the Truck farming, field, bedding plant and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.0 | 7.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · Glenn
331 Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 4 employers in Glenn, 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 | Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bland Farms, LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Turek Farms Management Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Harlan Family Ranch | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | River Garden Farms | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | J.H. MEEK & SONS INC. | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Dirt Farmer and Company | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | M3 West Incorporated | 36 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Glenn | 58 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | C.F. Koehnen & Sons, Inc | 47 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Keyawa Orchards Inc | 19 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Rich & Gardner Construction Company Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ShopRite of Hoboken | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | J.W. Winco, Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tucker Sno-Cat Corporation | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Police & Fire Departments | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Timber Lake Farm | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Roaring River Feed Mill | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lexington Freezer | 36 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.