Agriculture production or harvesting crews · California
Royal Oaks Farms
Watsonville, CA · ~420 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Royal Oaks Farms runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Agriculture production or harvesting crews workplace, earning a grade D.
Royal Oaks Farms: 7.3 TCR = 163% of Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Royal Oaks Farms safety composite
Royal Oaks Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−2.7
2017→2023
Royal Oaks Farms injury rate improved
Royal Oaks Farms's TCR fell 2.7 from 6.7 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=6.7 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=13.0 · 2023=4.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115115 · Watsonville, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 7.3 · 163% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #473/620
- PHOTO Dynapac Harvesting, …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 100 inj
- SIZE ~420 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dynapac Harvesting, Inc. (AZ) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Royal Oaks Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Diversified Ha
Diversified Harvesting Comapany LLC
7.4 TCR
- This site
Royal Oaks Farms
7.3 TCR
- Dynapac Harves
Dynapac Harvesting, Inc. (AZ)
7.3 TCR
- Ag Force LLC
Ag Force LLC
7.3 TCR
- Peterson Farms
Peterson Farms
7.3 TCR
What this shows Royal Oaks Farms averages 7.3 TCR (163% of the Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS benchmark).
Royal Oaks Farms TCR series: 2017=6.7 · 2018=9.7 · 2019=7 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=13 · 2023=4 · BLS 4.5
Where Royal Oaks Farms falls in its industry
836 Agriculture production or harv establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #473 safest of 620 Agriculture production or harv employers in California.
Royal Oaks Farms has more employees than the Agriculture production or harvesting cre median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.0 | 8.4 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115115 · CA · Watsonville
836 Agriculture production or harvesting crews 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 | Dynapac Harvesting, Inc. (AZ) | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ag Force LLC | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Peterson Farms | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Diversified Harvesting Comapany LLC | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Paris Valley Vineyard Services Company | 420 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington | 420 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UCT-Hayward | 420 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MICHAELS DISTRIBUTION CENTER #4 - LANCASTER | 420 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 | Teasdale Latin Foods | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Busch's Inc 1034 | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dickenson Community Hospital | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SeaView Community Services | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Market Basket #12 | 420 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Knape & Vogt Oak Manufacturing | 420 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lowell Area Schools | 420 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wissahickon Hospice | 420 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.