Strawberry farming · California

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC

Fullerton, CA · ~183 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC runs at 274% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Strawberry farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC: 12.3 TCR = 274% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC safety composite

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−3.1

2017→2019

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC injury rate improved

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC's TCR fell 3.1 from 12.3 in 2017 to 9.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.3 · 2018=15.4 · 2019=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111333 · Fullerton, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 274% of ind

  • DART 6.2 DART
  • RANK #117/124
  • PHOTO LE - 03
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LE - 03 (0.6 TCR gap)

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Mike Etchandy Farms, INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mike Etchandy Farms, INC averages 12.3 TCR (274% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC TCR series: 2017=12.3 · 2018=15.4 · 2019=9.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Mike Etchandy Farms, INC falls in its industry

132 Strawberry farming establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #117 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC (183 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Mike Etchandy Farms, INC
Mike Etchandy Farms, INC (183 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Mike Etchandy Farms, INC has fewer employees than the Strawberry farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2019 9.2 6.2 3 0 0
2018 15.4 6.2 2 3 0
2017 12.3 6.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111333 · CA · Fullerton

132 Strawberry farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 167 employers in Fullerton, 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 LE - 03 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ballico 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sorrento Berry Farms, LLC - Oxnard 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR DeBernardi Bros 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Enviromental Services Department 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE 902920000 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4765-LAXCX00QF 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE LADWP 5898 VENICE 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA692 ST JUDE MEDICAL CENTER HR 2,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR SASCO 705 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Fullerton 692 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fullerton / Orange 636 FTE
NAT-TCR Hawthorn Raleigh 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Desert Springs Hosp Es 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR AC 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Village of Angel Fire 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Talking Rain Beverage Company 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Richland Plant 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE TriMark Adams Burch 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fine Group Inc 183 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.