Strawberry farming · California

Socal Berry Growers LLC

Ventura, CA · ~447 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Socal Berry Growers LLC runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Strawberry farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Socal Berry Growers LLC: 9.1 TCR = 202% of Strawberry farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Socal Berry Growers LLC safety composite

Socal Berry Growers LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−2.0

2019→2024

Socal Berry Growers LLC injury rate improved

Socal Berry Growers LLC's TCR fell 2.0 from 6.9 in 2019 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 16.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.9 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=16.3 · 2024=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111333 · Ventura, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.1 · 202% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #106/124
  • PHOTO BON - 04
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~447 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BON - 04 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Socal Berry Growers LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Socal Berry Growers LLC averages 9.1 TCR (202% of the Strawberry farming BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

Socal Berry Growers LLC TCR series: 2019=6.9 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=16.3 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Socal Berry Growers LLC falls in its industry

132 Strawberry farming establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #106 safest of 124 Strawberry farming employers in California.

Socal Berry Growers LLC (447 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Socal Berry Growers LLC
Socal Berry Growers LLC (447 employees, TCR 9.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 208 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Socal Berry Growers LLC has more employees than the Strawberry farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 4.9 1.9 12 1 0
2021 16.3 7.2 23 2 0
2020 8.2 2.9 12 5 0
2019 6.9 2.5 12 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111333 · CA · Ventura

132 Strawberry farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 244 employers in Ventura, 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 BON - 04 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arts Ranch 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Joshua Ranch 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR montalvo farms 9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Marriott Los Angeles Airport Hotel 447 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3522 447 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4609-738 447 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0491 - TEMECULA CA WHSE 447 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 447 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 530 2,621 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6292-00000001 2,250 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSA Human Service Agency 1,516 FTE
NAT-TCR Evans Manufacturing 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Berlin Hardwood Components and Main Office 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Shelby Crossinig Health Campus 9.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Spangler Candy Co. 9.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Corteva Johnston Campus - JH60 Franklin 447 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kentucky Cooperage 447 FTE
NAT-SIZE Simpsonville Medical Campus 447 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Care Services 447 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.