Kiwi fruit farming · California
Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville
Porterville, CA · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Kiwi fruit farming workplace, earning a grade D.
Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville: 7.5 TCR = 166% of Kiwi fruit farming BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville safety composite
Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 7.48 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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 Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville: 3.6 → 9.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024
Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville's TCR rose 5.9 from 3.6 in 2022 to 9.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111339 · Porterville, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 166% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #25/37
- PHOTO Hazel Dell Orchard, …
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~26 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hazel Dell Orchard, LLC (0.5 TCR gap)
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Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Fruit Packing
Fruit Packing #3
8 TCR
- Dorsing Farms
Dorsing Farms Inc
8 TCR
- This site
Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville
7.5 TCR
- Hazel Dell Orc
Hazel Dell Orchard, LLC
7 TCR
- JBR Inc. Kona
JBR Inc. Kona Farm
6.9 TCR
What this shows Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville averages 7.5 TCR (166% of the Kiwi fruit farming BLS benchmark).
Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville TCR series: 2022=3.6 · 2023=9.3 · 2024=9.5 · BLS 4.5
Where Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville falls in its industry
90 Kiwi fruit farming establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 37 Kiwi fruit farming employers in California.
Sun Pacific Farming | Kiwi Farming | Porterville has fewer employees than the Kiwi fruit farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111339 · CA · Porterville
90 Kiwi fruit farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 147 employers in Porterville, 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 | Hazel Dell Orchard, LLC | 7.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fruit Packing #3 | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JBR Inc. Kona Farm | 6.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dorsing Farms Inc | 8.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HAULING & TRAILER SHOP | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Seasholtz Co., LLC | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Redwood Valley Vineyards | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North Central Coast Vineyards | 26 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 173 | 1,485 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AG | 1,379 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ag Star Harvesting Inc 1 | 1,180 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6021 | 1,030 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Truswood Inc - Raleigh Division | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | P.N. Fire & Burglar Alarm Co., Inc. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SSI Lubricants LLC | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BWJ Metalworks, LLC | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats Store | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | WEL-Life at Papillion | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Town of Wolcott- Town Hall | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Tennessee Farms | 26 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.