Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers · California
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc.
Hanford, CA · ~60 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc.: 3.6 TCR = 166% of Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. safety composite
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% 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
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc.: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424910 · Hanford, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 166% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #79/136
- PHOTO Mt. Sterling
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 18 inj
- SIZE ~60 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mt. Sterling (0.0 TCR gap)
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Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc.
3.6 TCR
- Mt. Sterling
Mt. Sterling
3.6 TCR
- Eldon C. Stuts
Eldon C. Stutsman
3.6 TCR
- Great Bend Coo
Great Bend Cooperative Association Agronomy
3.6 TCR
- 31793
31793
3.6 TCR
What this shows Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. averages 3.6 TCR (166% of the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=3 · 2021=7.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 2.2
Where Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. falls in its industry
1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchan establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #79 safest of 136 Agricultural chemicals merchan employers in California.
Verdegaal Brothers, Inc. has more employees than the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424910 · CA · Hanford
1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 118 employers in Hanford, 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 | Mt. Sterling | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eldon C. Stutsman | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great Bend Cooperative Association Agronomy | 3.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 31793 | 3.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | North Coast Vineyards | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sun Pacific Farming Cooperative, Inc | Grapes Delano | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Paiva Farm Management | 60 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rocket Farms Herbs Inc Thermal | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Daniel C. Salas Harvesting Inc. | 2,932 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hanford Community Hospital | 1,849 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 9292-AHHF001 - HOSPITAL | 1,153 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | A.M. AG ENTERPRISE, INC. | 976 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Site Bulk Material Handling | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Arc/Warren County Chapter, Inc. | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Winfield | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 800 General | 3.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1070 El Paso | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Compsys Inc. | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Watermark at Vistawilla | 60 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Valley Power Plant | 60 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.