Noncitrus fruit farming · California

New Excelsior Farming, LLC

Hanford, CA · ~365 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

New Excelsior Farming, LLC runs at 256% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Noncitrus fruit farming workplace, earning a grade F.

New Excelsior Farming, LLC: 11.5 TCR = 256% of Noncitrus fruit farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

New Excelsior Farming, LLC safety composite

New Excelsior Farming, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 38% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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%).

New Excelsior Farming, LLC held a steady TCR band

New Excelsior Farming, LLC's TCR held near 0.2 from 7.5 in 2020 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 32.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.5 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=32.9 · 2024=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111339 · Hanford, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.5 · 256% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #32/37
  • PHOTO Brooks Tropicals, LLC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 76 inj
  • SIZE ~365 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brooks Tropicals, LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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New Excelsior Farming, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows New Excelsior Farming, LLC averages 11.5 TCR (256% of the Noncitrus fruit farming BLS benchmark).

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

New Excelsior Farming, LLC TCR series: 2020=7.5 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=32.9 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 4.5

Where New Excelsior Farming, LLC falls in its industry

90 Noncitrus fruit farming establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 37 Noncitrus fruit farming employers in California.

New Excelsior Farming, LLC (365 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate New Excelsior Farming, LLC
New Excelsior Farming, LLC (365 employees, TCR 11.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 6.2

New Excelsior Farming, LLC has more employees than the Noncitrus fruit farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2024 7.3 4.2 12 2 0
2023 32.9 8.7 25 39 1
2022 5.3 3.9 17 6 0
2021 4.6 4.0 8 0 0
2020 7.5 4.2 14 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111339 · CA · Hanford

90 Noncitrus fruit farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 118 employers in Hanford, 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 Brooks Tropicals, LLC 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parkdale 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TLC Orchards LLC 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cherry Blossom Orchard, LLC 10.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE OLD TOWN HARVESTING, INC 365 FTE
STATE-SIZE SACRAMENTO CALL CENTER 365 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheehan Construction 365 FTE
STATE-SIZE OC405 Partners JV-CA 365 FTE
CITY-NEAR Daniel C. Salas Harvesting Inc. 2,932 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hanford Community Hospital 1,849 FTE
CITY-NEAR 9292-AHHF001 - HOSPITAL 1,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR A.M. AG ENTERPRISE, INC. 976 FTE
NAT-TCR Sdpie - Pierre 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Flriv - Riviera Beach 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR All Cargo Express at DDA9 11.5 TCR
NAT-TCR FedEx Supply Chain PetSmart NV 11.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Celanese LTD, Clear Lake 365 FTE
NAT-SIZE Planters Peanuts 365 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kosciusko County Government 365 FTE
NAT-SIZE Civil Constructors LLC 365 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.