Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · California
Rio Farms
King City, CA · ~415 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 8.1
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Rio Farms runs at 181% 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.
Rio Farms: 8.1 TCR = 181% of Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Rio Farms safety composite
Rio Farms scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 24% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 2% 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
−4.0
2016→2024
Rio Farms injury rate improved
Rio Farms's TCR fell 4.0 from 12.8 in 2016 to 8.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=12.8 · 2017=11.8 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=8.9 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=8.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · King City, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 8.1 · 181% of ind
- DART 6.0 DART
- RANK #133/175
- PHOTO Neil Bassetti Farms,…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 327 inj
- SIZE ~415 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Neil Bassetti Farms, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Rio Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Neil Bassetti
Neil Bassetti Farms, LLC
8.2 TCR
- Siri Produce I
Siri Produce Inc. (Jack)
8.2 TCR
- TransGro
TransGro
8.2 TCR
- This site
Rio Farms
8.1 TCR
- Dan Avila & So
Dan Avila & Sons - Farming
8.1 TCR
What this shows Rio Farms averages 8.1 TCR (181% of the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
Rio Farms TCR series: 2016=12.8 · 2017=11.8 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=8.9 · 2022=4.9 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=8.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Rio Farms falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and melon farming, v establishmentsSafer than 23% 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 #133 safest of 175 Vegetable and melon farming, v employers in California.
Rio Farms 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 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 34 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 33 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 29 | 7 | 1 |
| 2018 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.8 | 5.6 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 12.8 | 8.0 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · CA · King City
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 · 31 employers in King City, 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 | Neil Bassetti Farms, LLC | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Siri Produce Inc. (Jack) | 8.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dan Avila & Sons - Farming | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TransGro | 8.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Vineyard Management | 415 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RCP-SALINAS | 415 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | University Mechanical & Engineering Contractors | 415 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BD Biosciences | 415 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NGP FARM LABOR LLC | 453 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Farming | 329 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Harvest | 259 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Farming2 | 227 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nunn Construction, Inc. | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Coke Northeast - Bangor | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dallas Flat Glass Distributors, Inc. | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | John C. Proctor Endowment | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Teknor Apex Company - Rhode Island | 415 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Magnesita Refractories | 415 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eastern Shipbuilding Allanton/Port St. Joe | 415 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MEM | 415 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.