Labor contractors, farm · California

Velazquez Packing Inc

Santa Maria, CA · ~127 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Velazquez Packing Inc runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Labor contractors, farm workplace, earning a grade D.

Velazquez Packing Inc: 8.6 TCR = 191% of Labor contractors, farm BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Velazquez Packing Inc safety composite

Velazquez Packing Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

F

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−14.6

2019→2024

Velazquez Packing Inc injury rate improved

Velazquez Packing Inc's TCR fell 14.6 from 18.3 in 2019 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 18.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=18.3 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=5.7 · 2024=3.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.6 · 191% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #525/620
  • PHOTO LB HARVESTING INC.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~127 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LB HARVESTING INC. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Velazquez Packing Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Velazquez Packing Inc averages 8.6 TCR (191% of the Labor contractors, farm BLS benchmark).

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

Velazquez Packing Inc TCR series: 2019=18.3 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=5.7 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Velazquez Packing Inc falls in its industry

836 Labor contractors, farm establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #525 safest of 620 Labor contractors, farm employers in California.

Velazquez Packing Inc (127 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Velazquez Packing Inc
Velazquez Packing Inc (127 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Velazquez Packing Inc has more employees than the Labor contractors, farm median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 3.7 3.7 3 0 0
2022 5.7 5.7 5 0 0
2021 6.7 6.7 5 0 0
2019 18.3 18.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Santa Maria

836 Labor contractors, farm employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, 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 LB HARVESTING INC. 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shryne Group - Greenfield Organix 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grether Farming Company, Inc 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Automated Harvesting LLc 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Christensen & Giannini LLC 1588 Moffett St., Ste B 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hokto Kinoko Company 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE Booth Ranches LLC - BR2 127 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3019_5835 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 046 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Charles Public Works Department 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marbach America Inc 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Modern Door Corp 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Champion Home Builders Inc. 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marc Glassman Inc 40MY 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Challenger Turf 127 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 202 127 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, 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.