Tree nut farming · California

Micke Farms

Terra Bella, CA · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Micke Farms runs at 391% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tree nut farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Micke Farms: 17.6 TCR = 391% of Tree nut farming BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Micke Farms safety composite

Micke Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−21.7

2018→2021

Micke Farms injury rate improved

Micke Farms's TCR fell 21.7 from 33.2 in 2018 to 11.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 33.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=33.2 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=11.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111335 · Terra Bella, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.6 · 391% of ind

  • DART 11.5 DART
  • RANK #105/107
  • PHOTO Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plant (0.7 TCR gap)

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Micke Farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Micke Farms averages 17.6 TCR (391% of the Tree nut farming BLS benchmark).

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

Micke Farms TCR series: 2018=33.2 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=11.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Micke Farms falls in its industry

120 Tree nut farming establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #105 safest of 107 Tree nut farming employers in California.

Micke Farms (28 employees, TCR 17.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Micke Farms
Micke Farms (28 employees, TCR 17.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Micke Farms has fewer 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
2021 11.5 11.5 1 0 0
2020 8.2 8.2 1 0 0
2018 33.2 11.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111335 · CA · Terra Bella

120 Tree nut farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 15 employers in Terra Bella, 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 Plant 18.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charter Oaks 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PISTACHIO HARVESTING, INC. 15.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Ag Services, Inc. 20.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davis Ranch L.L.C. 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Steinbeck Country Produce 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harlan Family Ranch 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE KKG Equipment Company, LLC32 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jacuinde FLC Inc 754 FTE
CITY-NEAR TERRA BELLA PLANT 588 FTE
CITY-NEAR PORTERVILLE CITRUS, INC. 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terra Bella 299 FTE
NAT-TCR Thunderbird Senior Living 17.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Hunterwoods Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 17.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 046410-Nlr-Park Hill Sta 17.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Preyde II, LLC. 17.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Montana Dakota Utilities - Glendive, MT 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frontier Developmental Center 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE J-Street 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE CFN-Casa Grande 28 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: 2021, 2020, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.