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.
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm: 6.4 TCR = 142% of Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm safety composite
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−7.5
2017→2020
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm injury rate improved
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm's TCR fell 7.5 from 9.3 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=9.3 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=1.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Cheriton, VA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 142% of ind
- DART 1.9 DART
- RANK P38
- PHOTO Knight Farms
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~287 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Knight Farms (0.0 TCR gap)
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Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm
6.4 TCR
- Knight Farms
Knight Farms
6.4 TCR
- Bland Farms, L
Bland Farms, LLC
6.4 TCR
- Turek Farms Ma
Turek Farms Management Inc.
6.4 TCR
- Harlan Family
Harlan Family Ranch
6.3 TCR
What this shows Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm averages 6.4 TCR (142% of the Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark).
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm TCR series: 2017=9.3 · 2018=7.5 · 2019=6.8 · 2020=1.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm falls in its industry
331 Tomato farming (except under c establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd. - Virginia Farm has more employees than the Tomato farming (except under cover), fie median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · VA · Cheriton
331 Tomato farming (except under cover), field, bedding plant and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 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 | Knight Farms | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bland Farms, LLC | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Harlan Family Ranch | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Turek Farms Management Inc. | 6.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BAE Systems Electronic Systems MVA | 287 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IKEA #168 Woodbridge | 287 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 029-00554 | 287 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2790 - Merrifield | 287 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | IAD-SPUSA | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Med1 NC Services, LLC. | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Heat Pipe Technology | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ross store 1525 | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Black Canyon | 287 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate - Naperville | 287 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Turner at Marathon Petroleum Company Texas City TX | 287 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | L3 KEO - Northampton, MA | 287 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.