Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production · Virginia
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm
Cheriton, VA · ~287 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 24
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm's OSHA Total Case Rate of 6.4 to the Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark of 4.5 (142% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm falls in its industry
352 Tomato farming (except under c establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.
Trend analysis for Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm
Between 2017 and 2020, Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm's Total Case Rate improved from 9.3 to 1.9 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 80% decrease across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2020, at a TCR of 1.9, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 9.3, a spread of 7.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm recorded 24 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 24 injuries, 2 illnesses shown on this page for Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm are sourced from its own 4 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 111219 - Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2020)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 106,438 hours worked = 1.88 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm (this establishment) | 6.37 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Broccoli farming, field, bedding plant and seed production industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 111219 |
| Virginia state avg (all industries) | 4.16 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2020: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 6 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 11 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.3 | 5.1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm's reported OSHA injury record versus its Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 142% of the Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production benchmark, Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.