Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers · California

Shafter, CA

Shafter, CA · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shafter, CA runs at 213% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Shafter, CA: 4.7 TCR = 213% of Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shafter, CA safety composite

Shafter, CA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Shafter, CA: 4.4 → 9.3 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2024

Shafter, CA's TCR rose 4.9 from 4.4 in 2019 to 9.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Shafter, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 213% of ind

  • DART 9.3 DART
  • RANK #101/136
  • PHOTO Bradley Caldwell, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bradley Caldwell, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Shafter, CA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shafter, CA averages 4.7 TCR (213% of the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Shafter, CA TCR series: 2019=4.4 · 2020=0 · 2022=9.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=9.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Shafter, CA falls in its industry

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchan establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #101 safest of 136 Agricultural chemicals merchan employers in California.

Shafter, CA (21 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Shafter, CA
Shafter, CA (21 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Shafter, CA has fewer employees than the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 9.3 9.3 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 9.7 9.7 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 4.4 4.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · CA · Shafter

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 66 employers in Shafter, 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 Bradley Caldwell, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR BWO 1814 PLYMOUTH 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Hays 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Poso Ridge,LLC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE TELESIS ONION CO., INC. 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mayflower Farms Inc 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL2 1,819 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0593 - Shafter CA DC 1,587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Valley Distribution Center CVDC 1,395 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0593 - Bakersfield DC 1,179 FTE
NAT-TCR 1123-Courtyard Chicago 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Gristedes #59 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Herrin Community Unit School District No. 4 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR NFI Interactive Logistics LLC-1510 CARGO CT 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kinedyne DBA ELT 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE MSP 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1840-Springhill Suites Milwaukee 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2162-Residence Inn Midway 21 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, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.