Fertilizer application for crops · California

Valley Farm Applications

Soledad, CA · ~17 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Farm Applications runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fertilizer application for crops workplace, earning a grade B.

Valley Farm Applications: 3.1 TCR = 70% of Fertilizer application for crops BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Farm Applications safety composite

Valley Farm Applications scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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

−2.1

2020→2023

Valley Farm Applications injury rate improved

Valley Farm Applications's TCR fell 2.1 from 7.3 in 2020 to 5.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115112 · Soledad, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 70% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #27/86
  • PHOTO SAS Mattawa West
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SAS Mattawa West (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Farm Applications in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Farm Applications averages 3.1 TCR (70% of the Fertilizer application for crops BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Farm Applications TCR series: 2020=7.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Valley Farm Applications falls in its industry

221 Fertilizer application for cro establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 86 Fertilizer application for cro employers in California.

Valley Farm Applications (17 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Farm Applications
Valley Farm Applications (17 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Valley Farm Applications has fewer employees than the Fertilizer application for crops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2023 5.2 5.2 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115112 · CA · Soledad

221 Fertilizer application for crops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 33 employers in Soledad, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR SAS Mattawa West 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 768 New Richmond Agronomy 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR NTBS Services 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ranches 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE HM Clause - Dixon Research Station 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Laub Ranches Inc 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sherwood Equipment Inc 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Barton Ranch, Inc. 17 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vista Verde Labor, Inc 1,564 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cerritos Farms, Inc. 1,299 FTE
CITY-NEAR Value Added Soledad 826 FTE
CITY-NEAR PRO AG HARVESTING INC. 795 FTE
NAT-TCR Sunbury Pa Distribution Center 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ashley Sling Charlotte 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Slidematic Precision Components 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Omni Aerospace, Inc 3.1 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.