Tree nut farming · California
Maricopa Orchards, LLC
Fresno, CA · ~62 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Maricopa Orchards, LLC runs at 321% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tree nut farming workplace, earning a grade F.
Maricopa Orchards, LLC: 14.5 TCR = 321% of Tree nut farming BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Maricopa Orchards, LLC safety composite
Maricopa Orchards, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 27.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 0% 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
Maricopa Orchards, LLC: 4.3 → 27.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 27.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.9× in 2024
Maricopa Orchards, LLC's TCR rose 23.2 from 4.3 in 2020 to 27.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111335 · Fresno, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.5 · 321% of ind
- DART 27.4 DART
- RANK #102/107
- PHOTO Touchstone Pistachio…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~62 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Touchstone Pistachio, Co. (0.7 TCR gap)
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Maricopa Orchards, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Charter Oaks
Charter Oaks
16.9 TCR
- PISTACHIO HARV
PISTACHIO HARVESTING, INC.
15.7 TCR
- This site
Maricopa Orchards, LLC
14.5 TCR
- Touchstone Pis
Touchstone Pistachio, Co.
13.8 TCR
- C. R CRAIN AND
C. R CRAIN AND SONS, INC
11.3 TCR
What this shows Maricopa Orchards, LLC averages 14.5 TCR (321% of the Tree nut farming BLS benchmark).
Maricopa Orchards, LLC TCR series: 2020=4.3 · 2023=11.7 · 2024=27.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Maricopa Orchards, LLC falls in its industry
120 Tree nut farming establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #102 safest of 107 Tree nut farming employers in California.
Maricopa Orchards, LLC has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27.4 | 27.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111335 · CA · Fresno
120 Tree nut farming 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 | Touchstone Pistachio, Co. | 13.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PISTACHIO HARVESTING, INC. | 15.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Charter Oaks | 16.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C. R CRAIN AND SONS, INC | 11.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Zipper Farms, Inc. | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Crain Marketing, Inc. | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WESTLAND ORCHIDS | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sunshine Floral, LLC | 62 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 | Premier Logistics Solutions Warehousing, LLC (HQ) | 14.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookhaven Health Care Facility | 14.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sturgeon | 14.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Traditional Breads Inc | 14.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ellsworth | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wagstaff | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | National Paint Industries | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Waukegan Steel, LLC. | 62 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.