Pistachio farming · California

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc.

Chowchilla, CA · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. runs at 350% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pistachio farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc.: 15.7 TCR = 350% of Pistachio farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. safety composite

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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

−2.3

2020→2024

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. injury rate improved

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.3 from 12.5 in 2020 to 10.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 40.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=12.5 · 2022=40.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=10.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111335 · Chowchilla, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.7 · 350% of ind

  • DART 10.3 DART
  • RANK #103/107
  • PHOTO Charter Oaks
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charter Oaks (1.1 TCR gap)

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Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. averages 15.7 TCR (350% of the Pistachio farming BLS benchmark).

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

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. TCR series: 2020=12.5 · 2022=40.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=10.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. falls in its industry

120 Pistachio farming establishments

Safer than 4% 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 #103 safest of 107 Pistachio farming employers in California.

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. (40 employees, TCR 15.7) 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 Pistachio Harvesting, Inc.
Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. (40 employees, TCR 15.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Pistachio Harvesting, Inc. has fewer employees than the Pistachio farming median and a higher 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
2024 10.3 10.3 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 40.1 40.1 3 0 0
2020 12.5 12.5 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111335 · CA · Chowchilla

120 Pistachio farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 36 employers in Chowchilla, 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 Charter Oaks 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maricopa Orchards, LLC 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MICKE FARMS 17.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Touchstone Pistachio, Co. 13.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stackhouse Brothers 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Watsonville/San Juan Bautista 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gomez Growers 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Growing Grounds 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley State Prision -- Inmates 1,438 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pacific Orchard Development Inc 679 FTE
CITY-NEAR AgriLand Farming Co. Inc. 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guerrero Labor Contractor 238 FTE
NAT-TCR Station 72 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenosha Wi - 3127 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Montgomery Children's Specialty Center 15.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Brunalli 15.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northwest Plumbing, INC. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Great Southern Wood - Hagerstown 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piggly Wiggly 160 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piggly Wiggly 158 40 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, 2020. 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.