Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · Hawaii
Sugarland Growers, Inc.
Kunia, HI · ~41 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sugarland Growers, Inc. runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production workplace, earning a grade B.
Sugarland Growers, Inc.: 3.4 TCR = 76% of Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sugarland Growers, Inc. safety composite
Sugarland Growers, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Sugarland Growers, Inc.: 2.2 → 4.5 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 6.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.31× in 2024
Sugarland Growers, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.2 from 2.2 in 2018 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Kunia, HI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 76% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #3/11
- PHOTO L&M Farms of North F…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: L&M Farms of North Florida, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sugarland Growers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sugarland Growers, Inc.
3.4 TCR
- L&M Farms of N
L&M Farms of North Florida, LLC
3.4 TCR
- EL CENTRO
EL CENTRO
3.4 TCR
- Lady Moon Farm
Lady Moon Farms, Inc. Georgia
3.4 TCR
- McKay Farms
McKay Farms
3.4 TCR
What this shows Sugarland Growers, Inc. averages 3.4 TCR (76% of the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
Sugarland Growers, Inc. TCR series: 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 4.5
Where Sugarland Growers, Inc. falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and melon farming, v establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Hawaii alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Vegetable and melon farming, v employers in Hawaii.
Sugarland Growers, Inc. has fewer employees than the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable ( median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · HI · Kunia
331 Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,022 rated employers in Hawaii with headcount on file · 10 employers in Kunia, HI · 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 | L&M Farms of North Florida, LLC | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | EL CENTRO | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lady Moon Farms, Inc. Georgia | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | McKay Farms | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 4829-12596 | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IMIA, LLC Honolulu | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Down to Earth Kahului | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kahului Trucking & Storage | 41 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2111-Kunia - Oahu, HI (Monsanto Co.) | 324 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2111-Kunia, HI | 269 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kelena Farms, Inc. | 33 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waikele Farms, Inc. | 31 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | MSP Industries | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TEAM Industries Bagley | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ahrberg Milling of Cushing, Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FLP002 | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Stonerock Tile Inc. | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Morris Iron & Steel Co., Inc. | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | T & S Construction Co., Inc. | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Connecticut Handivan, Inc | 41 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.