Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · California
Ratto Bros Inc
Modesto, CA · ~266 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ratto Bros Inc runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production workplace, earning a grade D.
Ratto Bros Inc: 7.7 TCR = 172% of Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ratto Bros Inc safety composite
Ratto Bros Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Ratto Bros Inc: 1.7 → 6.9 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 17.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.72× in 2024
Ratto Bros Inc's TCR rose 5.2 from 1.7 in 2017 to 6.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 17.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Modesto, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 7.7 · 172% of ind
- DART 5.5 DART
- RANK #128/175
- PHOTO MERRILL FARMS LLC
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 168 inj
- SIZE ~266 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MERRILL FARMS LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ratto Bros Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Christensen &
Christensen & Giannini LLC 1588 Moffett St., Ste B
7.8 TCR
- This site
Ratto Bros Inc
7.7 TCR
- MERRILL FARMS
MERRILL FARMS LLC
7.7 TCR
- Tolono Researc
Tolono Research
7.6 TCR
- Linda Vista Fa
Linda Vista Farms
7.6 TCR
What this shows Ratto Bros Inc averages 7.7 TCR (172% of the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
Ratto Bros Inc TCR series: 2017=1.7 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=2.7 · 2020=17.4 · 2021=12.9 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=7.2 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 4.5
Where Ratto Bros Inc falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and melon farming, v establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #128 safest of 175 Vegetable and melon farming, v employers in California.
Ratto Bros Inc has more employees than the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable ( median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.4 | 3.7 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12.9 | 6.3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · Modesto
331 Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 418 employers in Modesto, 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 | MERRILL FARMS LLC | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Christensen & Giannini LLC 1588 Moffett St., Ste B | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tolono Research | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Linda Vista Farms | 7.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cassin Ranch | 266 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Moonlight Packing Company, LLC Plant 1 | 266 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CANUS Services, Inc. | 266 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The G.B. Group, Inc. | 266 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sutter Valley Hospitals (30240) | 3,153 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Modesto Operations | 3,043 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 4701-930 | 3,018 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 930 DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO | 2,759 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Plover Wi - 3107 | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Total Package Logistics LLC | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JWC New Berlin | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Molin Concrete Products Inc | 7.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Greenwood Village, CO | 266 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NorthCare Hospice House | 266 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Evonik Corporation | 266 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TransPak - DIV 145 TechRidge Austin | 266 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.