Backgrounding, cattle · California

Mesquite Cattle Feeders

Brawley, CA · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mesquite Cattle Feeders runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Backgrounding, cattle workplace, earning a grade D.

Mesquite Cattle Feeders: 7.2 TCR = 159% of Backgrounding, cattle BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mesquite Cattle Feeders safety composite

Mesquite Cattle Feeders scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

D

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 7.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−10.9

2017→2023

Mesquite Cattle Feeders injury rate improved

Mesquite Cattle Feeders's TCR fell 10.9 from 13.9 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.9 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112111 · Brawley, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.2 · 159% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO Calf Source, LLC
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Calf Source, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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Mesquite Cattle Feeders in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mesquite Cattle Feeders averages 7.2 TCR (159% of the Backgrounding, cattle BLS benchmark).

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

Mesquite Cattle Feeders TCR series: 2017=13.9 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=9.5 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=3 · BLS 4.5

Where Mesquite Cattle Feeders falls in its industry

75 Backgrounding, cattle establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 15 Backgrounding, cattle employers in California.

Mesquite Cattle Feeders (31 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 6.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Mesquite Cattle Feeders
Mesquite Cattle Feeders (31 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 6.5

Mesquite Cattle Feeders has fewer employees than the Backgrounding, cattle median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.5. 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
2023 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2022 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2021 8.3 8.3 3 0 0
2020 7.7 7.7 1 2 0
2019 9.5 7.2 3 1 0
2018 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2017 13.9 4.7 4 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112111 · CA · Brawley

75 Backgrounding, cattle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 47 employers in Brawley, 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 Calf Source, LLC 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR FPL Food Chatel Farms 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heifer Ranch at Arroyo Seco, LTD 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR A&A Cattle Company, LLC 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE GCF 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nielsen Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Star Nurseries LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Progressive Growers Inc 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 355 1,170 FTE
CITY-NEAR One World Beef Packers LLC 901 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District 866 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sonia Corina, Inc. 835 FTE
NAT-TCR Springs at Boca Ciega Bay 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Mobile Flea Market 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR RK-117-Crossville ( RK-117 ) 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hannaford Agronomy/Grain 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Roosevelt County Detention Center 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Inn and Outreach 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE 211 - 29th Street SE Store 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florida 31 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, 2022, 2021, 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.