Strawberry farming · California

R.Montanez Farms, LLC

Watsonville, CA · ~250 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

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

R.Montanez Farms, LLC: 3.3 TCR = 74% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R.Montanez Farms, LLC safety composite

R.Montanez Farms, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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

53/100

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
D 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−1.8

2023→2024

R.Montanez Farms, LLC injury rate improved

R.Montanez Farms, LLC's TCR fell 1.8 from 4.2 in 2023 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.2 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 74% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #52/124
  • PHOTO PV Farming Operation…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~250 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PV Farming Operations, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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R.Montanez Farms, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R.Montanez Farms, LLC averages 3.3 TCR (74% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

R.Montanez Farms, LLC TCR series: 2023=4.2 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 4.5

Where R.Montanez Farms, LLC falls in its industry

132 Strawberry farming establishments

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

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.

R.Montanez Farms, LLC (250 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate R.Montanez Farms, LLC
R.Montanez Farms, LLC (250 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9

R.Montanez Farms, LLC has more 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
2024 2.5 2.0 3 2 0
2023 4.2 3.8 10 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR PV Farming Operations, LLC 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3 GENERACIONES LLC 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA BERRY FARMS 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR JDB Pro Inc, dba Central West Produce 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 926260002 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE 902500000 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE 20414-Corona 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE GreenLeaf Farm Labor Contracting LLC 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Office 2,439 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premiere Raspberries, LLC 680 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watsonville Community Hospital 632 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkhorn Berry Farms LLC 550 FTE
NAT-TCR Lakeview Bus Lines 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Times Supermarket - McCully 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Jerry Short Cabinets & Millwork 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Rigid Global Buildings 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Company Headquarters 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3rd Track - LIRR Contract #6240 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bakery Barn LLC 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta Plant 250 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: 2024, 2023. 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.