Tree nut farming · California

Nichols Farms

Hanford, CA · ~44 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nichols Farms runs at 43% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Tree nut farming workplace, earning a grade A.

Nichols Farms: 1.9 TCR = 43% of Tree nut farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nichols Farms safety composite

Nichols Farms scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−4.5

2017→2021

Nichols Farms injury rate improved

Nichols Farms's TCR fell 4.5 from 4.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.5 · 2018=1.4 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 43% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/107
  • PHOTO Chase Farms - Arizona
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chase Farms - Arizona (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nichols Farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nichols Farms averages 1.9 TCR (43% of the Tree nut farming BLS benchmark).

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

Nichols Farms TCR series: 2017=4.5 · 2018=1.4 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Nichols Farms falls in its industry

120 Tree nut farming establishments

Safer than 83% 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 #20 safest of 107 Tree nut farming employers in California.

Nichols Farms (44 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 Nichols Farms
Nichols Farms (44 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Nichols Farms has fewer 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2018 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 4.5 1.5 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111335 · CA · Hanford

120 Tree nut 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 Chase Farms - Arizona 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MacFarms LLC 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farmland Management Services 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KEYAWA ORCHARD INC 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Firebaugh 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Boutonnet Farms 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Coast Vineyards 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE FESTIVAL FARMS 44 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 Weaver Cooke Construction, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Devon Energy Corporation - Artesia 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sierra International 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Chromaflo - Ashtabula 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE RGX Rim Repair 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Banner Del E Webb Medical Center EM 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Youngstown, OH HVAC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alpco Recycling Inc. 44 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, 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.