Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables · California

Podesta Packing LLC

Linden, CA · ~46 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Podesta Packing LLC runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade D.

Podesta Packing LLC: 5.5 TCR = 121% of Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Podesta Packing LLC safety composite

Podesta Packing LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−4.4

2017→2024

Podesta Packing LLC injury rate improved

Podesta Packing LLC's TCR fell 4.4 from 9.6 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.6 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Linden, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 121% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #124/236
  • PHOTO Shafter Wasco Ginnin…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shafter Wasco Ginning Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Podesta Packing LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Podesta Packing LLC averages 5.5 TCR (121% of the Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).

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

Podesta Packing LLC TCR series: 2017=9.6 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=6.3 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=3.7 · 2023=4.2 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Podesta Packing LLC falls in its industry

666 Sorting, grading, cleaning, an establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #124 safest of 236 Sorting, grading, cleaning, an employers in California.

Podesta Packing LLC (46 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Podesta Packing LLC
Podesta Packing LLC (46 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Podesta Packing LLC has fewer employees than the Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 5.3 5.3 5 0 0
2023 4.2 2.1 3 1 0
2022 3.7 3.7 3 0 0
2021 3.2 2.1 3 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 2 2 0
2019 6.3 6.3 6 0 0
2018 7.3 3.1 7 0 0
2017 9.6 1.8 5 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · CA · Linden

666 Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 17 employers in Linden, 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 Shafter Wasco Ginning Co., Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES INC. - CHATSWORTH RECEIVING 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Black Gold Farms - EGF 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR DiMare Company 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matteoli Brothers 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE IMR Farms-San Miguel 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE G&G Berry Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pitigliano Farm Services, Inc. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prima Frutta Packing Inc 1,207 FTE
CITY-NEAR PRIMA NOCE PACKING, INC. 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR LINDEN 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR A. SAMBADO & SON INC 87 FTE
NAT-TCR Us Conveyor Technologies Mfg 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Osceola Core Products 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR S05192 - WM Lafayette 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Agralite Electric Cooperative 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE ALBUQUERGUE 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fredericksurg 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Indy Post Road 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Division Riveting 46 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.