Van Groningen & Sons, Inc
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MANTECA, CA | Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
~452 avg employees | 5 years of OSHA data
Van Groningen & Sons, Inc has an average TCR of 3.0, which is 68% of the industry average (4.5) for Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Van Groningen & Sons, Inc
Van Groningen & Sons, Inc operates an establishment with approximately 452 full-time equivalent workers in MANTECA, CA, classified under the Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production industry (NAICS 111219). Across 5 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 50 recordable injuries, 2 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 3.0 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the B letter grade (Good Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 4.5 for Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production, Van Groningen & Sons, Inc's workforce experiences 68% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 5 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Van Groningen & Sons, Inc as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Van Groningen & Sons, Inc's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 111219 — Truck farming, field, bedding plant and seed production.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2021)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
5 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 700,142 hours worked = 1.43 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Van Groningen & Sons, Inc (this establishment) | 3.04 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 5-year avg |
| Broccoli farming, field, bedding plant and seed production industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 111219 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 58.88 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Van Groningen & Sons, Inc to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2021: 5 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 12 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 14 reportable incidents · 13 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
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 |
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