Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing · California

Primex Farms

Wasco, CA · ~349 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Primex Farms runs at 190% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing workplace, earning a grade D.

Primex Farms: 7.8 TCR = 190% of Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Primex Farms safety composite

Primex Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−4.9

2018→2023

Primex Farms injury rate improved

Primex Farms's TCR fell 4.9 from 10.3 in 2018 to 5.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=10.3 · 2021=13.9 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311911 · Wasco, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.8 · 190% of ind

  • DART 5.4 DART
  • RANK #29/34
  • PHOTO Hazel Sunflower Plant
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 65 inj
  • SIZE ~349 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hazel Sunflower Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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Primex Farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Primex Farms averages 7.8 TCR (190% of the Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing BLS benchmark).

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

Primex Farms TCR series: 2018=10.3 · 2021=13.9 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=5.4 · BLS 4.1

Where Primex Farms falls in its industry

150 Nuts, kernels and seeds, roast establishments

Safer than 16% 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 #29 safest of 34 Nuts, kernels and seeds, roast employers in California.

Primex Farms (349 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Primex Farms
Primex Farms (349 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Primex Farms has more employees than the Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and pr 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
2023 5.4 5.4 11 1 0
2022 1.6 0.8 12 0 0
2021 13.9 4.1 27 10 0
2018 10.3 4.2 15 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311911 · CA · Wasco

150 Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 44 employers in Wasco, 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 Hazel Sunflower Plant 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mariani Nut Company 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northampton Peanut Company 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sungold - Horace 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE B & B AGRI SERVICES INC 349 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walsh Vineyards Management, Inc. 349 FTE
STATE-SIZE Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Gustine 349 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ardagh Glass Inc Madera 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 179 1,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR JERRY'S FLC, INC. 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR MOT 661 FTE
CITY-NEAR R.M.T. Contracting, Inc. 505 FTE
NAT-TCR Tigard #023 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Compassus Austin 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hospice Compassus Round Rock 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hendry Regional Medical Center 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wamego Work Tools 349 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenleaf Corporation 349 FTE
NAT-SIZE DeMontrond Auto Group 349 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (6) 349 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.