Fruit, vacuum cooling · California
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC
Lompoc, CA · ~175 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fruit, vacuum cooling workplace, earning a grade D.
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC: 5.6 TCR = 124% of Fruit, vacuum cooling BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC safety composite
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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
−9.1
2017→2024
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC injury rate improved
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC's TCR fell 9.1 from 9.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=9.1 · 2018=8.0 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115114 · Lompoc, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 124% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #126/236
- PHOTO Gourmet Specialties …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 63 inj
- SIZE ~175 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse (0.0 TCR gap)
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Santa Barbara Farms, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC
5.6 TCR
- Gourmet Specia
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse
5.6 TCR
- Babcock Receiv
Babcock Receiving
5.6 TCR
- Black Gold Far
Black Gold Farms - EGF
5.5 TCR
- OCEAN SPRAY CR
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES INC. - CHATSWORTH RECEIVING
5.5 TCR
What this shows Santa Barbara Farms, LLC averages 5.6 TCR (124% of the Fruit, vacuum cooling BLS benchmark).
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC TCR series: 2017=9.1 · 2018=8 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=7.3 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5
Where Santa Barbara Farms, LLC falls in its industry
666 Fruit, vacuum cooling establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #126 safest of 236 Fruit, vacuum cooling employers in California.
Santa Barbara Farms, LLC has more employees than the Fruit, vacuum cooling median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115114 · CA · Lompoc
666 Fruit, vacuum cooling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 39 employers in Lompoc, 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 | Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Babcock Receiving | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Black Gold Farms - EGF | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES INC. - CHATSWORTH RECEIVING | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bradcon LLC dba: Bradley Concrete | 175 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Syserco, Inc. | 175 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CCI:CC023 - CC023 -McClellan Park, CA | 175 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Department of Public Works, Bureau of Street Lighting, Santa Monica Location | 175 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Lompoc | 376 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1989 | 312 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1989 | 311 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | River Ranch | 303 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | SAVANNAH | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CLEVELAND | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Modern Heating & Air Conditioning, LLC | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marietta 054 | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | The Apostolos Group, Inc./dba Thomarios | 175 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Land O'Lakes - Hicksville, NY | 175 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Advanced Poly Packaging, Inc. | 175 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ShopRite Of West Nyack # 288 | 175 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.