Compost manufacturing · California

Kochergen Farms Composting

Name: Kochergen Farms Composting Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Avenal, CA · ~51 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 10.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kochergen Farms Composting runs at 325% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Compost manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kochergen Farms Composting: 10.7 TCR = 325% of Compost manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kochergen Farms Composting safety composite

Kochergen Farms Composting scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 10.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.7

2017→2022

Kochergen Farms Composting injury rate improved

Kochergen Farms Composting's TCR fell 9.7 from 15.6 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=15.6 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=16.7 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325314 · Avenal, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.7 · 325% of ind

DART 5.9 DART
RANK #14/14
PHOTO Masterblend Internat…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 44 inj
SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Masterblend International, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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11.6
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11.5
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10.7
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10.7
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10.2

What this shows Kochergen Farms Composting averages 10.7 TCR (325% of the Compost manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Kochergen Farms Composting TCR series: 2017=15.6 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=16.7 · 2020=11.8 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Kochergen Farms Composting falls in its industry

163 Compost manufacturing establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 14 Compost manufacturing employers in California.

Kochergen Farms Composting (51 employees, TCR 10.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Kochergen Farms Composting has more employees than the Compost manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2022	5.9	5.9	4
2021	6.6	6.6	7
2020	11.8	9.4	5
2019	16.7	14.3	7
2018	7.7	7.7	10
2017	15.6	11.3	11

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325314 · CA · Avenal

163 Compost manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 4 employers in Avenal, 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	Masterblend International, LLC	MORRIS, IL	10.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wedgworth's Inc Moore Haven	MOORE HAVEN, FL	10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jiffy Lorain	LORAIN, OH	11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Laurel Valley Farms	LANDENBERG, PA	11.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Robert Young Vineyards	GEYSERVILLE	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	H&W Vineyards	REDWOOD VALLEY	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Huber Farms Inc	KERMAN	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Taylor Brothers Farms Inc	YUBA CITY	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Avenal State Prison	Avenal	1,304 FTE
CITY-NEAR	4186-29197	Avenal	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	29197 STORE 29197	Avenal	23 FTE
NAT-TCR	John F. Martin & Sons, LLC	Stevens, PA	10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Greyhound Lines, Inc.	St Louis, MO	10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	318240-Sparks Po	Sparks, NV	10.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	032849-Flagstaff Po	Flagstaff, AZ	10.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Nashville - Ppd	Nashville, TN	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	7334-America Styrenics	St James, LA	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	746 Toyo Tire White GA	White, GA	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bed Bath and Beyond Brooklyn Gateway	Brooklyn, NY	51 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.