Cotton ginning · California

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc.

Riverdale, CA · ~12 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cotton ginning workplace, earning a grade D.

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc.: 6.1 TCR = 136% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. safety composite

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. injury rate improved

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.4 from 11.9 in 2017 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.9 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=10.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115111 · Riverdale, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 136% of ind

  • DART 5.5 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Cotton Growers Coope…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~12 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cotton Growers Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. averages 6.1 TCR (136% of the Cotton ginning BLS benchmark).

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

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. TCR series: 2017=11.9 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=10 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2023=6.6 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 4.5

Where West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. falls in its industry

194 Cotton ginning establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Cotton ginning employers in California.

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. (12 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0102030405060 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate West Island Cotton Growers, Inc.
West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. (12 employees, TCR 6.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1

West Island Cotton Growers, Inc. has fewer employees than the Cotton ginning median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2023 6.6 6.6 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.0 3.3 3 0 0
2018 8.8 8.8 3 0 0
2017 11.9 7.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115111 · CA · Riverdale

194 Cotton ginning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 16 employers in Riverdale, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Cotton Growers Cooperative 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liberty Coop Gin 6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grundfest and Klaus Gin, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Agricultural- Danevang 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Canebrake Vineyards 12 FTE
STATE-SIZE Delmart Shop 12 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centeno's Nursery and Landscaping, Inc. 12 FTE
STATE-SIZE Foster Dairy Farms, Dairy #5 12 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jacobo Farm Services 645 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Service L.L.C. 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maddox Farms (Burrel Location) 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maddox Dairy 73 FTE
NAT-TCR S03810 - Telford Hauling 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR S5 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PHC Restoration Inc 6.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Omaha 136 6.1 TCR

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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.