Tree nut farming · Arizona

Santa Cruz Farm

Sahuarita, AZ · ~82 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Santa Cruz Farm runs at 181% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tree nut farming workplace, earning a grade D.

Santa Cruz Farm: 8.2 TCR = 181% of Tree nut farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Santa Cruz Farm safety composite

Santa Cruz Farm scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−0.5

2020→2024

Santa Cruz Farm injury rate improved

Santa Cruz Farm's TCR fell 0.5 from 10.0 in 2020 to 9.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=10.0 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=9.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111335 · Sahuarita, AZ ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.2 · 181% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Andersen & Sons Ranch
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Andersen & Sons Ranch (0.1 TCR gap)

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Santa Cruz Farm in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Santa Cruz Farm averages 8.2 TCR (181% of the Tree nut farming BLS benchmark).

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

Santa Cruz Farm TCR series: 2020=10 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=7.9 · 2024=9.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Santa Cruz Farm falls in its industry

120 Tree nut farming establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Tree nut farming employers in Arizona.

Santa Cruz Farm (82 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Santa Cruz Farm
Santa Cruz Farm (82 employees, TCR 8.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Santa Cruz Farm has more employees than the Tree nut farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 9.5 5.3 9 0 0
2023 7.9 4.5 6 1 0
2022 6.1 4.1 6 0 0
2021 7.3 5.2 7 0 0
2020 10.0 7.0 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111335 · AZ · Sahuarita

120 Tree nut farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 17 employers in Sahuarita, AZ · 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 Andersen & Sons Ranch 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Danna Farms Inc 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Paddack Hulling and Shelling, Inc 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR farm management inc 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Electric Utility 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE CAZ-Pinnacle Peak Operations 0042-FAC52 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE PINNACLE PEAK OPS CNTR 0042-FAC52 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Canyon State Enterprises, LLC 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1411 355 FTE
CITY-NEAR 660-00679 232 FTE
CITY-NEAR SWY-0017-0017-01771 FAC-01771-SAHUARITA-AZ 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6400-SWY-0017-0017-01771 116 FTE
NAT-TCR Food Locker Service, Inc. 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Ozark Mo - 3288 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Endpak Packaging Inc 8.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Henry Ford Columbus Medical Center 8.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kls Frito Lay Tx 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE H37 - Distribution International 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE PABCO Paper - Vernon 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE AGlobe Logistics 82 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, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.