Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production · California

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc

Manteca, CA · ~452 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production workplace, earning a grade B.

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc: 3.0 TCR = 68% of Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc safety composite

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

2017→2021

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc injury rate improved

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc's TCR fell 2.1 from 3.5 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.5 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111219 · Manteca, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 68% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #34/175
  • PHOTO Holthouse Farms of O…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~452 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Holthouse Farms of Ohio Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Groningen & Sons, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Groningen & Sons, Inc averages 3.0 TCR (68% of the Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark).

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

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc TCR series: 2017=3.5 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=3.3 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=1.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Van Groningen & Sons, Inc falls in its industry

331 Truck farming, field, bedding establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 175 Truck farming, field, bedding employers in California.

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc (452 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.5 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Groningen & Sons, Inc
Van Groningen & Sons, Inc (452 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc has more employees than the Truck farming, field, bedding plant and median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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
2021 1.4 1.4 5 0 0
2020 3.1 2.5 10 0 0
2019 3.3 1.9 11 1 0
2018 3.8 1.6 13 1 0
2017 3.5 2.9 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111219 · CA · Manteca

331 Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 118 employers in Manteca, 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 Holthouse Farms of Ohio Inc 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sun Pacific Farming | Tomato Farming | Firebaugh 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Snake River Produce Co., LLC 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAL-O ADMINISTRATION 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Prima Wawona - East Ranches 452 FTE
STATE-SIZE Teichert Construction Lincoln 452 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1853 452 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0118 - SAN LEANDRO CA WHSE 452 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manteca Ops Center 1,489 FTE
CITY-NEAR ClearPath Workforce Managment 971 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-208 911 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-226 910 FTE
NAT-TCR Pioneer Metal Finishing Portland 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hagley Foundation/Eleutherian Mills 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Capitol Business Equipment, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR All Tech Engineering 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Social Services 452 FTE
NAT-SIZE Yanfeng U.S.Automotive Interiors Systems II LLC 452 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0276 - Doors-Pottsville 452 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andrews Distributing- Allen Facility 452 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.