Berry (except strawberry) farming · California

Sun Berry Sales, Inc.

Santa Maria, CA · ~35 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Sun Berry Sales, Inc. runs at 131% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Berry (except strawberry) farming workplace, earning a grade D.

Sun Berry Sales, Inc.: 5.9 TCR = 131% of Berry (except strawberry) farming BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sun Berry Sales, Inc. safety composite

Sun Berry Sales, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

Sun Berry Sales, Inc.: 0.0 → 8.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Sun Berry Sales, Inc.'s TCR rose 8.9 from 0.0 in 2022 to 8.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111334 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 131% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO Sakuma Bros Farms
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sakuma Bros Farms (0.1 TCR gap)

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Sun Berry Sales, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sun Berry Sales, Inc. averages 5.9 TCR (131% of the Berry (except strawberry) farming BLS benchmark).

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

Sun Berry Sales, Inc. TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=8.8 · 2024=8.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Sun Berry Sales, Inc. falls in its industry

41 Berry (except strawberry) farm establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Berry (except strawberry) farm employers in California.

Sun Berry Sales, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 5.9) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 5.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 26 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 Sun Berry Sales, Inc.
Sun Berry Sales, Inc. (35 employees, TCR 5.9) among 25 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Sun Berry Sales, Inc. has fewer employees than the Berry (except strawberry) farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 8.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 8.8 0.0 0 1 1
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111334 · CA · Santa Maria

41 Berry (except strawberry) farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, 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 Sakuma Bros Farms 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rader Farms, Inc. - Farm side 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gabriel Farms Inc 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maberry Packing LLC 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION FABRICATION/CARPENTRY/PAINTING/ELECTRIC/PIPE 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meek Ranches LLC 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dresick Farms, Inc. - Farm 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolfsen Inc 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR Capital City Fire/Rescue 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Science Center 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Express & Suites 7845 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR The Bay At Dyersburg 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Momper/Closet Creations 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town Insulation 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altec Manufacturing, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE GreenTek Solutions LLC 35 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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