Strawberry farming · California

PV Farming Operations, LLC

Name: PV Farming Operations, LLC Workplace Safety Data
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Watsonville, CA · ~139 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

PV Farming Operations, LLC runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Strawberry farming workplace, earning a grade B.

PV Farming Operations, LLC: 3.3 TCR = 74% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PV Farming Operations, LLC safety composite

PV Farming Operations, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−3.8

2018→2020

PV Farming Operations, LLC injury rate improved

PV Farming Operations, LLC's TCR fell 3.8 from 5.2 in 2018 to 1.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.2 · 2020=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111333 · Watsonville, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 74% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #53/124
PHOTO R.MONTANEZ FARMS, LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R.MONTANEZ FARMS, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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JDB Pro Inc, d

3.4
This site

3.3
R.MONTANEZ FAR

3.3
3 GENERACIONES

3.3
USA BERRY FARM

3.3

What this shows PV Farming Operations, LLC averages 3.3 TCR (74% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).

PV Farming Operations, LLC TCR series: 2018=5.2 · 2020=1.4 · BLS 4.5

Where PV Farming Operations, LLC falls in its industry

132 Strawberry farming establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.

PV Farming Operations, LLC (139 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9

PV Farming Operations, LLC has fewer employees than the Strawberry farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2020	1.4	1.4	2	0	0
2018	5.2	4.6	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111333 · CA · Watsonville

132 Strawberry farming 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	R.MONTANEZ FARMS, LLC	WATSONVILLE, CA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	3 GENERACIONES LLC	SALINAS, CA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	USA BERRY FARMS	SALINAS, CA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JDB Pro Inc, dba Central West Produce	SANTA MARIA, CA	3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	6962-SWY-0029-0029-01897	SANTEE	139 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Courtyard and Residence Inn.	LOS ANGELES	139 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valley Plaza District Maint.	NORTH HOLLYWOOD	139 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mayflower Care Center	EL MONTE	139 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Office	Watsonville	2,439 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Premiere Raspberries, LLC	Watsonville	680 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Watsonville Community Hospital	Watsonville	632 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC	Watsonville	550 FTE
NAT-TCR	H&W Contracting LLC	Sioux Falls, SD	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Klaussner Plant 3, 33	Asheboro, NC	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	COMCAST	Bala Cynwyd, PA	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Save A Lot #147	Oneida, TN	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	D32 Washington DC	Beltsville, MD	139 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PowerBack Piscataway	Piscataway, NJ	139 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Waterford Public Schools - Waterford High School	Waterford, CT	139 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Granite Health & Rehab	Cheyenne, WY	139 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: 2020, 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.