Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables · California
Porterville Citrus, Inc.
Terra Bella, CA · ~414 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Porterville Citrus, Inc. runs at 189% 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.
Porterville Citrus, Inc.: 8.5 TCR = 189% of Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Porterville Citrus, Inc. safety composite
Porterville Citrus, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.8 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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%).
Porterville Citrus, Inc. held a steady TCR band
Porterville Citrus, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 2.7 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 28.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=2.7 · 2020=28.3 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115114 · Terra Bella, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 8.5 · 189% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #181/236
- PHOTO MALAGA CUT/SNACK
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 90 inj
- SIZE ~414 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MALAGA CUT/SNACK (0.0 TCR gap)
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Porterville Citrus, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Uni-Kool Yuma
Uni-Kool Yuma
8.6 TCR
- This site
Porterville Citrus, Inc.
8.5 TCR
- MALAGA CUT/SNA
MALAGA CUT/SNACK
8.5 TCR
- Andersen and S
Andersen and Sons Shelling
8.5 TCR
- AB-Jacklin See
AB-Jacklin Seed-Othello
8.4 TCR
What this shows Porterville Citrus, Inc. averages 8.5 TCR (189% of the Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).
Porterville Citrus, Inc. TCR series: 2019=2.7 · 2020=28.3 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=6 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Porterville Citrus, Inc. falls in its industry
666 Sorting, grading, cleaning, an establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #181 safest of 236 Sorting, grading, cleaning, an employers in California.
Porterville Citrus, Inc. has more 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 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2020 | 28.3 | 25.8 | 15 | 75 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115114 · CA · Terra Bella
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 · 15 employers in Terra Bella, 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 | MALAGA CUT/SNACK | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Andersen and Sons Shelling | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AB-Jacklin Seed-Othello | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Uni-Kool Yuma | 8.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Level 10 Construction | 414 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | A.J Kirkwood & Associates, Inc. | 414 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Firestone Walker Inc. -- Paso Robles CA | 414 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2025 | 414 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Jacuinde FLC Inc | 754 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TERRA BELLA PLANT | 588 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Terra Bella | 299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sierra Forest Products | 120 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Terson LLC | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pepe Ganga Cidra | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Palm Garden of Sun City Center, LLC | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cooperative Producers, Inc. | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The M&R Companies | 414 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Burton Corporation | 414 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GAL Manufacturing Company LLC | 414 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Faurecia Interior Systems-Blue Springs | 414 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.