Tree nut farming · California

New Columbia

Shafter, CA · ~73 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

New Columbia runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Tree nut farming workplace, earning a grade A.

New Columbia: 1.1 TCR = 26% of Tree nut farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New Columbia safety composite

New Columbia scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.11 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%).

Rising injury rate

New Columbia: 1.2 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.83× in 2022

New Columbia's TCR rose 0.9 from 1.2 in 2019 to 2.1 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111335 · Shafter, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 26% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #10/107
  • PHOTO HAYES RANCH INC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HAYES RANCH INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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New Columbia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New Columbia averages 1.1 TCR (26% of the Tree nut farming BLS benchmark).

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

New Columbia TCR series: 2019=1.2 · 2020=1.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.1 · BLS 4.5

Where New Columbia falls in its industry

120 Tree nut farming establishments

Safer than 92% 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 #10 safest of 107 Tree nut farming employers in California.

New Columbia (73 employees, TCR 1.1) 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 New Columbia
New Columbia (73 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.0

New Columbia has more employees than the Tree nut farming median and a lower 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
2022 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2019 1.2 1.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111335 · CA · Shafter

120 Tree nut farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 66 employers in Shafter, 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 HAYES RANCH INC 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oxford Farms, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eastside 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wonderful Orchards-New Columbia 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Main Location 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE P-R Farms Inc/Palomate Inc 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Palmer Westbrook Inc. 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL2 1,819 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0593 - Shafter CA DC 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Valley Distribution Center CVDC 1,395 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0593 - Bakersfield DC 1,179 FTE
NAT-TCR Benton-Georgia LLC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR High Point Admin Unit / Vocational Center 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mn Gastro Endoscopy Center St Paul 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Marine Foods Express 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Planning and Development Services 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Wire : Houston 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bh Eastern One Wilmington Bhs 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trenton Windfrey Day Program 73 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.