Crew leaders, farm labor · California

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc

Paso Robles, CA · ~140 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Crew leaders, farm labor workplace, earning a grade D.

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc: 5.5 TCR = 123% of Crew leaders, farm labor BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc safety composite

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc: 3.5 → 11.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.57× in 2023

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc's TCR rose 7.6 from 3.5 in 2017 to 11.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Paso Robles, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 123% of ind

  • DART 8.7 DART
  • RANK #390/620
  • PHOTO Pioneer Growers Coop…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~140 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pioneer Growers Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc averages 5.5 TCR (123% of the Crew leaders, farm labor BLS benchmark).

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

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=4.2 · 2023=11.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc falls in its industry

836 Crew leaders, farm labor establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #390 safest of 620 Crew leaders, farm labor employers in California.

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc (140 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc
Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc (140 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Meadowlark Harvesting, Inc has more employees than the Crew leaders, farm labor median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 11.1 8.7 11 3 0
2020 4.2 3.5 5 1 0
2019 2.3 1.7 4 0 0
2018 6.7 1.5 2 11 0
2017 3.5 1.3 4 4 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Paso Robles

836 Crew leaders, farm labor employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 89 employers in Paso Robles, 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 Pioneer Growers Cooperative 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wish Farms CA - Salinas 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR AGRICULTURE 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hord Personnel Services, Inc 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mirabella Farms, Inc. 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Precooling 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE CA-Saddleback S/C 140 FTE
STATE-SIZE LADWP PO BOX 111 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 146 956 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 160 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pearce Services, LLC 677 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1660 Circle B Rd. Paso Robles, CA 93465 516 FTE
NAT-TCR SCO-E22 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin Plant 1 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Meyer 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100546 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1354 - Katy Tx (Dry) Depot 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE UMGlendale927 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE Generations Of Vernon 140 FTE
NAT-SIZE K&K Veterinary Supply, Inc. 140 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.