Agriculture production or harvesting crews · California
Plant Sciences, Watsonville
Watsonville, CA · ~86 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Plant Sciences, Watsonville runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Agriculture production or harvesting crews workplace, earning a grade B.
Plant Sciences, Watsonville: 3.2 TCR = 70% of Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Plant Sciences, Watsonville safety composite
Plant Sciences, Watsonville scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 53%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Plant Sciences, Watsonville: 1.1 → 2.0 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.62× in 2024
Plant Sciences, Watsonville's TCR rose 0.8 from 1.1 in 2019 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115115 · Watsonville, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 3.2 · 70% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #230/620
- PHOTO Arlene Resource Mana…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~86 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Arlene Resource Management LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Plant Sciences, Watsonville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Plant Sciences, Watsonville
3.2 TCR
- Arlene Resourc
Arlene Resource Management LLC
3.2 TCR
- RCF-SALINAS
RCF-SALINAS
3.2 TCR
- Rochester Farm
Rochester Farms, LLC
3.2 TCR
- GONZALEZ BROTH
GONZALEZ BROTHERS FARM SERVICES, INC
3.1 TCR
What this shows Plant Sciences, Watsonville averages 3.2 TCR (70% of the Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS benchmark).
Plant Sciences, Watsonville TCR series: 2019=1.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=7 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=2 · BLS 4.5
Where Plant Sciences, Watsonville falls in its industry
836 Agriculture production or harv establishmentsSafer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #230 safest of 620 Agriculture production or harv employers in California.
Plant Sciences, Watsonville has fewer employees than the Agriculture production or harvesting cre median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115115 · CA · Watsonville
836 Agriculture production or harvesting crews employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 111 employers in Watsonville, 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 | Arlene Resource Management LLC | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | RCF-SALINAS | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rochester Farms, LLC | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GONZALEZ BROTHERS FARM SERVICES, INC | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | MALAGA HARVEST SHOP | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muller Ranch, LLC | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OXNARD TERRACE | 86 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mushroom Farms | 86 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Office | 2,439 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Premiere Raspberries, LLC | 680 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Watsonville Community Hospital | 632 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC | 550 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | MillerKnoll Seating Greenhouse | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cincinnati Plant | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Distrcit 1 Maintance | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RML Specialty Hospital Chicago | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ralph S. Alberts Co., Inc. | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Industrial Corrosion Control | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Police Department | 86 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hanahan Middle School | 86 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.