Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing · California

Vanella Farms Inc.

Chico, CA · ~38 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vanella Farms Inc. runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing workplace, earning a grade C.

Vanella Farms Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 118% of Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing BLS 4.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vanella Farms Inc. safety composite

Vanella Farms Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−6.4

2017→2024

Vanella Farms Inc. injury rate improved

Vanella Farms Inc.'s TCR fell 6.4 from 8.8 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.8 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311911 · Chico, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 118% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #15/34
  • PHOTO Klein Bros. Snack Di…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Klein Bros. Snack Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vanella Farms Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vanella Farms Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (118% of the Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing BLS benchmark).

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

Vanella Farms Inc. TCR series: 2017=8.8 · 2019=7.1 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 4.1

Where Vanella Farms Inc. falls in its industry

150 Nuts, kernels and seeds, roast establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 34 Nuts, kernels and seeds, roast employers in California.

Vanella Farms Inc. (38 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 02,0004,0006,0008,00010,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Vanella Farms Inc.
Vanella Farms Inc. (38 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Vanella Farms Inc. has fewer employees than the Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and pr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2021 4.8 4.8 2 0 0
2020 8.1 2.7 3 0 0
2019 7.1 7.1 3 0 0
2017 8.8 8.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311911 · CA · Chico

150 Nuts, kernels and seeds, roasting and processing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 189 employers in Chico, 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 Klein Bros. Snack Division 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitley Peanut Factory 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Falcon Drive - Madera 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue Diamond Growers - Sacramento 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE CAL-O SHIPPING 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAR & S Farm Labor Services, Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Supreme Almonds of California, Inc. 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bays Ranch Inc 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-11 4,124 FTE
CITY-NEAR Enloe Medical Center Employees 3,831 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 72 2,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 521 2,370 FTE
NAT-TCR Erie Materials Syracuse 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 7059 - West Brandon Blvd 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Port City Rollform Tooling 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnesota State Fair 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Clive 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE DMH Holdings Company 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Komatsu America Corp. 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE T D Beck Trucking LLC 38 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.