Farm supply stores · California
Vegetable Growers Supply
Salinas, CA · ~38 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vegetable Growers Supply runs at 146% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm supply stores workplace, earning a grade D.
Vegetable Growers Supply: 5.0 TCR = 146% of Farm supply stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vegetable Growers Supply safety composite
Vegetable Growers Supply scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
Vegetable Growers Supply: 6.7 → 7.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.46× in 2024
Vegetable Growers Supply's TCR rose 0.6 from 6.7 in 2018 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444220 · Salinas, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 146% of ind
- DART 7.3 DART
- RANK #20/75
- PHOTO Stein's Garden & Hom…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~38 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Stein's Garden & Home Mequon Store (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vegetable Growers Supply in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Vegetable Growers Supply
5 TCR
- Stein's Garden
Stein's Garden & Home Mequon Store
5 TCR
- 7 Richmond
7 Richmond
5 TCR
- DeWitt Fertili
DeWitt Fertilizer Company
5 TCR
- Riverton Store
Riverton Store
4.9 TCR
What this shows Vegetable Growers Supply averages 5.0 TCR (146% of the Farm supply stores BLS benchmark).
Vegetable Growers Supply TCR series: 2018=6.7 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.4
Where Vegetable Growers Supply falls in its industry
642 Farm supply stores establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 75 Farm supply stores employers in California.
Vegetable Growers Supply has fewer employees than the Farm supply stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.7 | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444220 · CA · Salinas
642 Farm supply stores 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 | Stein's Garden & Home Mequon Store | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 7 Richmond | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | DeWitt Fertilizer Company | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Riverton Store | 4.9 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 | 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 | Union Industrial Contractors | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hero Home Services | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pinnacle Dairy LLC | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Division 5, LLC - Tallapoosa | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Metalmax Texarkana | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Gear Motions | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corrim Company FRP LLC | 38 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harrison Ar | 38 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.