Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) · California

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc

Yuba City, CA · ~324 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) workplace, earning a grade C.

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc: 4.3 TCR = 95% of Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc safety composite

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−2.2

2019→2024

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc injury rate improved

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc's TCR fell 2.2 from 4.6 in 2019 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.6 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=7.0 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Yuba City, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 95% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #40/120
  • PHOTO Kurt Weiss PA
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 81 inj
  • SIZE ~324 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kurt Weiss PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc averages 4.3 TCR (95% of the Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) BLS benchmark).

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

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc TCR series: 2019=4.6 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=7 · 2022=4 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc falls in its industry

386 Nursery with tree production ( establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 120 Nursery with tree production ( employers in California.

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc (324 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc
Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc (324 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Sierra Gold Nurseries, Inc has more employees than the Nursery with tree production (except for median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 1.6 6 0 0
2023 4.6 4.6 13 0 0
2022 4.0 3.7 13 0 0
2021 7.0 5.5 24 0 0
2020 3.1 2.1 9 1 0
2019 4.6 4.3 16 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · CA · Yuba City

386 Nursery with tree production (except for reforestation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 123 employers in Yuba City, 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 Kurt Weiss PA 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Livingston Farm 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Glen Nursery, Inc 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CONNECTICUT PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Old Stage 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE NorthEast C/O and DistColl - Bld: 6232 - 01 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tarlton and Son Inc. 324 FTE
STATE-SIZE Royal Electric Company 324 FTE
CITY-NEAR Yuba City Unified School District 2,348 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sunsweet Growers 660 FTE
CITY-NEAR RMZ Farm Labor Services 609 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1903 462 FTE
NAT-TCR 2544 - Warren 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CNC Machine Products 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Embassy Suites Denver International Airport 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR New Holland Brewing The Knickerbocker 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1146 - Brandywine 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1057 - Orchard Park 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hero Logistics - Texas Plant 324 FTE
NAT-SIZE ABX Air CVG (ABX) 324 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.