Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers · California

North Valley Ag Services

Chico, CA · ~29 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Valley Ag Services runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

North Valley Ag Services: 2.4 TCR = 110% of Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Valley Ag Services safety composite

North Valley Ag Services scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

North Valley Ag Services held a steady TCR band

North Valley Ag Services's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2018=7.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Chico, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 110% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #49/136
  • PHOTO Ouachita Fertilizer …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ouachita Fertilizer Company, LLC Monroe (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Valley Ag Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Valley Ag Services averages 2.4 TCR (110% of the Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

North Valley Ag Services TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=7.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where North Valley Ag Services falls in its industry

1,202 Chemicals, agricultural, merch establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 136 Chemicals, agricultural, merch employers in California.

North Valley Ag Services (29 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate North Valley Ag Services
North Valley Ag Services (29 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

North Valley Ag Services has fewer employees than the Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholes median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.3 7.3 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · CA · Chico

1,202 Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 189 employers in Chico, 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 Ouachita Fertilizer Company, LLC Monroe 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 70325 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tilden 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LQP Coop - Dawson 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sean V. Doherty Farms 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blanco Farms, LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SHOP 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cottonwood Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-11 4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Enloe Medical Center Employees 3,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 72 2,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 521 2,370 FTE
NAT-TCR Lexington Embassy Suites (UK Coldstream) 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Location 1- Manufacturing 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Unit #2678 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ERA Industries, Inc. - Wheeling 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Minot Office 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delaware 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lemmon Grain (Agronomy) 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Retreat at Summerville 29 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, 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.