Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · California

Peterson Tractor Chico

Chico, CA · ~24 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Peterson Tractor Chico runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Peterson Tractor Chico: 0.8 TCR = 38% of Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Peterson Tractor Chico safety composite

Peterson Tractor Chico scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.2

2020→2024

Peterson Tractor Chico injury rate improved

Peterson Tractor Chico's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423810 · Chico, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/27
  • PHOTO Empire Southwest, LL…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Empire Southwest, LLC - Imperial (0.0 TCR gap)

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Peterson Tractor Chico in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Peterson Tractor Chico averages 0.8 TCR (38% of the Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Peterson Tractor Chico TCR series: 2020=4.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Peterson Tractor Chico falls in its industry

533 Construction machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 27 Construction machinery and equ employers in California.

Peterson Tractor Chico (24 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Peterson Tractor Chico
Peterson Tractor Chico (24 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Peterson Tractor Chico has fewer employees than the Construction machinery and equipment mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423810 · CA · Chico

533 Construction machinery and equipment 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 Empire Southwest, LLC - Imperial 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR McCoy Construction & Forestry - Grand Rapids 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carter Machinery Company, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shakopee 7950 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 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 Lake Tahoe Sales 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ProtoPack LLC 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USA Hillsville VA 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Town of Zionsville, Town Hall 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE GTL Lumber 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE LMMM Dallas #6, LTD. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Optima Belle LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Coolidge AZ 24 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.