Tree nut farming · California
South Valley Farms
Wasco, CA · ~223 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
South Valley Farms runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Tree nut farming workplace, earning a grade C.
South Valley Farms: 3.6 TCR = 81% of Tree nut farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
South Valley Farms safety composite
South Valley Farms scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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
South Valley Farms: 0.0 → 6.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.71× in 2024
South Valley Farms's TCR rose 6.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 6.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111335 · Wasco, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 81% of ind
- DART 6.2 DART
- RANK #48/107
- PHOTO 3121_6030
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 38 inj
- SIZE ~223 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 3121_6030 (0.0 TCR gap)
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South Valley Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Seaman Nurseri
Seaman Nurseries, Inc.
3.8 TCR
- Shafter Wasco
Shafter Wasco Investment Co., Inc.
3.7 TCR
- This site
South Valley Farms
3.6 TCR
- 3121_6030
3121_6030
3.6 TCR
- F&T Farms
F&T Farms
3.5 TCR
What this shows South Valley Farms averages 3.6 TCR (81% of the Tree nut farming BLS benchmark).
South Valley Farms TCR series: 2017=0 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 4.5
Where South Valley Farms falls in its industry
120 Tree nut farming establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 107 Tree nut farming employers in California.
South Valley Farms has more employees than the Tree nut farming median and a lower 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 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111335 · CA · Wasco
120 Tree nut farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 44 employers in Wasco, 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 | 3121_6030 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shafter Wasco Investment Co., Inc. | 3.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | F&T Farms | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seaman Nurseries, Inc. | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Treeland TL | 223 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KICHIGO BERRY FARMS | 223 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OM&C - SACRAMENTO | 223 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TPZP | 223 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 179 | 1,600 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JERRY'S FLC, INC. | 770 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MOT | 661 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | R.M.T. Contracting, Inc. | 505 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | CrownPointe of Portland | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southern Motion Plant 1 | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Glenn Valley Foods | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Morrison Textile Machinery Company | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hunter Engineering Company Durant Manufacturing Plant | 223 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BAE Assembly | 223 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CenterPoint Energy - Linden | 223 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Schaumburg IL FXFE-SBG | 223 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.