Frozen fruit and vegetable processing · California

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc.

Name: Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Santa Maria, CA · ~64 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. runs at 94% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Frozen fruit and vegetable processing workplace, earning a grade C.

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 94% of Frozen fruit and vegetable processing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. safety composite

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

−3.3

2018→2019

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. injury rate improved

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.3 from 4.7 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.7 · 2019=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311411 · Santa Maria, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 94% of ind

DART 1.5 DART
RANK #8/29
PHOTO HQ
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HQ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ventura Coasta

3.2
This site

3.1
HQ

3.1
AMERICAN FALLS

3.1
McCain foods U

3.1

What this shows Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (94% of the Frozen fruit and vegetable processing BLS benchmark).

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. TCR series: 2018=4.7 · 2019=1.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. falls in its industry

224 Frozen fruit and vegetable pro establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 29 Frozen fruit and vegetable pro employers in California.

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. (64 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 161 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Sure-Fresh Produce, Inc. has fewer employees than the Frozen fruit and vegetable processing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2019	1.5	1.5	1	0	0
2018	4.7	1.6	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311411 · CA · Santa Maria

224 Frozen fruit and vegetable processing 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	HQ	NILES, IL	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AMERICAN FALLS ID	AMERICAN FALLS, ID	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	McCain foods USA INC	OTHELLO, WA	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ventura Coastal Visalia Division	VISALIA, CA	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Costa Farms, Inc.	SOLEDAD	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MDERA	MADERA	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AGS FARM LABOR CORPORATION	PORTERVILLE	64 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Arroyo Seco Vineyards, Inc	DELANO	64 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc.	Santa Maria	2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6403-64030364	Santa Maria	2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR	64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	Santa Maria	2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Marian Regional Medical Center	Santa Maria	2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR	Harlee Manor	Springfield, PA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	John Jory LLC	Las Vegas, NV	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tops 119	Grand Island, NY	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Beach Cove Resort, Inc.	North Myrtle Beach, SC	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Specialty Ceramics Inc.	Columbiana, OH	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sv-Hhh1-Spring Arbor Severna Park	Severna Park, MD	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Germantown Emergency Center	Germantown, MD	64 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Meriter Wisconsin Heart	Madison, WI	64 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: 2019, 2018. 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.