Herb farming, open field · California
VDF Golden State Herbs
Indio, CA · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
VDF Golden State Herbs runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Herb farming, open field workplace, earning a grade D.
VDF Golden State Herbs: 5.6 TCR = 124% of Herb farming, open field BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
VDF Golden State Herbs safety composite
VDF Golden State Herbs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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%).
Rising injury rate
VDF Golden State Herbs: 0.0 → 12.1 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2021
VDF Golden State Herbs's TCR rose 12.1 from 0.0 in 2017 to 12.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111998 · Indio, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 124% of ind
- DART 6.1 DART
- RANK #12/21
- PHOTO Five Points Ranch, I…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Five Points Ranch, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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VDF Golden State Herbs in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Buckeye Relief
Buckeye Relief
5.8 TCR
- Costa Ag Compa
Costa Ag Company, Inc.
5.7 TCR
- This site
VDF Golden State Herbs
5.6 TCR
- Five Points Ra
Five Points Ranch, Inc.
5.6 TCR
- Pineland Farms
Pineland Farms inc
5.3 TCR
What this shows VDF Golden State Herbs averages 5.6 TCR (124% of the Herb farming, open field BLS benchmark).
VDF Golden State Herbs TCR series: 2017=0 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=12.1 · BLS 4.5
Where VDF Golden State Herbs falls in its industry
128 Herb farming, open field establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 21 Herb farming, open field employers in California.
VDF Golden State Herbs has fewer employees than the Herb farming, open field median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 | 12.1 | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111998 · CA · Indio
128 Herb farming, open field employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 85 employers in Indio, 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 | Five Points Ranch, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Costa Ag Company, Inc. | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Buckeye Relief | 5.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pineland Farms inc | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Stackhouse Brothers | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PISTACHIO HARVESTING, INC. | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Watsonville/San Juan Bautista | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gomez Growers | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 591 | 1,679 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fantasy Springs Resort and Casino | 1,269 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino | 1,136 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ono-067 | 917 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Zenith - Tupelo | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tennessee Aluminum Processors | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Amigo Farms, Inc. | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KSM Castings USA, Inc | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Cook Canyon Ranch | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Intel-Rio Rancho | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cornerstone | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Star Lumber, F&D Oklahoma | 40 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.