Farm labor contractors · California

Valley Pride, Inc.

Salinas, CA · ~362 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Pride, Inc. runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Valley Pride, Inc.: 9.0 TCR = 200% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Pride, Inc. safety composite

Valley Pride, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

Valley Pride, Inc.: 8.2 → 9.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 9.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2022

Valley Pride, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.7 from 8.2 in 2021 to 9.8 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Salinas, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 200% of ind

  • DART 6.8 DART
  • RANK #533/620
  • PHOTO Gold Crown Nursery, …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 77 inj
  • SIZE ~362 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gold Crown Nursery, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Valley Pride, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Valley Pride, Inc. averages 9.0 TCR (200% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Valley Pride, Inc. TCR series: 2021=8.2 · 2022=9.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Valley Pride, Inc. falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #533 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

Valley Pride, Inc. (362 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Pride, Inc.
Valley Pride, Inc. (362 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Valley Pride, Inc. has more employees than the Farm labor contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2022 9.8 6.8 32 3 0
2021 8.2 5.8 45 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Salinas

836 Farm labor contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, 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 Gold Crown Nursery, LLC 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMR Contracting 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cowles Berry Farm, Inc 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aguilera Labor Contractor 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Salud Tapia 362 FTE
STATE-SIZE ALLIED AG ASSOCIATES, INC 362 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6768-67680038-1187 362 FTE
STATE-SIZE Outpatient Pavilion - 3075 Health Center Drive 362 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing 8,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing-California 3,255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital 2,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Healthcare System 2,133 FTE
NAT-TCR Elko Health Care, LLC 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR St Lucie Medical Center 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston Specialty Beverages 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR North Canyon Care Center 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE VP Supply Corp 362 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0321 - Yonkers Ny Whse 362 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edgewell Personal Care 362 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1028 - Mesa Az Whse 362 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.