Strawberry farming · California

montalvo farms

Oxnard, CA · ~84 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

montalvo farms runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Strawberry farming workplace, earning a grade F.

montalvo farms: 9.4 TCR = 210% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

montalvo farms safety composite

montalvo farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−1.1

2017→2023

montalvo farms injury rate improved

montalvo farms's TCR fell 1.1 from 11.1 in 2017 to 10.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.1 · 2018=21.0 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=10.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111333 · Oxnard, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 210% of ind

  • DART 6.7 DART
  • RANK #108/124
  • PHOTO SOCAL BERRY GROWERS …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~84 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SOCAL BERRY GROWERS LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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montalvo farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows montalvo farms averages 9.4 TCR (210% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).

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

montalvo farms TCR series: 2017=11.1 · 2018=21 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=7.5 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=10 · BLS 4.5

Where montalvo farms falls in its industry

132 Strawberry farming establishments

Safer than 12% 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 #108 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.

montalvo farms (84 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 montalvo farms
montalvo farms (84 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9

montalvo farms 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
2023 10.0 6.7 2 1 0
2022 3.3 0.0 0 1 0
2021 5.1 3.4 3 0 0
2020 7.5 3.7 6 0 0
2019 8.2 4.7 7 0 0
2018 21.0 13.4 10 1 0
2017 11.1 6.1 10 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111333 · CA · Oxnard

132 Strawberry farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 303 employers in Oxnard, 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 SOCAL BERRY GROWERS LLC 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Naumann Ranch 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arts Ranch 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wesco Ranch 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Boudin SF - Stockton 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trader Joe's 0054 Toluca Lake 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE Trader Joe's 0103 Laguna Niguel 84 FTE
STATE-SIZE M and S Enterprise LLC 84 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - OXR1 2,474 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Oxnard 1,753 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030383 1,437 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. John's Regional Medical Center 1,352 FTE
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #4653 Lakewood, WA 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0417 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hc32-332-Horizons Health Care 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Stop & Shop 0736 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE OR - Google Dalles 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE McKinnis Inc. 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wildwood Linen Service 84 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods 84 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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