Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) · California

Rice Experiment Station

Biggs, CA · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rice Experiment Station runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) workplace, earning a grade D.

Rice Experiment Station: 5.9 TCR = 130% of Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rice Experiment Station safety composite

Rice Experiment Station scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−3.9

2017→2020

Rice Experiment Station injury rate improved

Rice Experiment Station's TCR fell 3.9 from 8.5 in 2017 to 4.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.5 · 2018=4.5 · 2020=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Biggs, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 130% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #73/120
  • PHOTO Maria Gardens
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Maria Gardens (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rice Experiment Station in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rice Experiment Station averages 5.9 TCR (130% of the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) BLS benchmark).

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

Rice Experiment Station TCR series: 2017=8.5 · 2018=4.5 · 2020=4.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Rice Experiment Station falls in its industry

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #73 safest of 120 Field nurseries (i.e., growing employers in California.

Rice Experiment Station (21 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Rice Experiment Station
Rice Experiment Station (21 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Rice Experiment Station has fewer employees than the Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flower median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2018 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2017 8.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · CA · Biggs

386 Field nurseries (i.e., growing of flowers and shrubbery) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 3 employers in Biggs, 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 Maria Gardens 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Olson's Greenhouse Gardens 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monrovia Woodlake 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodburn Nursery & Azaleas, Inc. 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR SunWest Milling Inc 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Point Four, Inc 23 FTE
NAT-TCR BST Co. 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Exodus Exterminating 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR ALS Hamden 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Spectrum Metal Recyclers 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ever-Green Energy Duluth 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alltech Eden 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yaquina Boat Equipment 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Head Volkswagon 21 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, 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.