Fruit and tree nut combination farming · California

West

Kerman, CA · ~824 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

West runs at 231% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fruit and tree nut combination farming workplace, earning a grade F.

West: 10.4 TCR = 231% of Fruit and tree nut combination farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West safety composite

West scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 45% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−1.5

2017→2020

West injury rate improved

West's TCR fell 1.5 from 11.2 in 2017 to 9.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=11.2 · 2018=11.7 · 2019=9.0 · 2020=9.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111336 · Kerman, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 231% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #40/48
  • PHOTO Kozi Farming LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 364 inj
  • SIZE ~824 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kozi Farming LLC (0.2 TCR gap)

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West in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West averages 10.4 TCR (231% of the Fruit and tree nut combination farming BLS benchmark).

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

West TCR series: 2017=11.2 · 2018=11.7 · 2019=9 · 2020=9.7 · BLS 4.5

Where West falls in its industry

65 Fruit and tree nut combination establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 48 Fruit and tree nut combination employers in California.

West (824 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West
West (824 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 6.0

West has more employees than the Fruit and tree nut combination farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2020 9.7 3.6 84 0 0
2019 9.0 3.8 76 0 0
2018 11.7 5.5 107 0 1
2017 11.2 7.0 97 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111336 · CA · Kerman

65 Fruit and tree nut combination farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 46 employers in Kerman, 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 Kozi Farming LLC 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harvesting 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR P-R Farms Inc/Palomate Inc 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lodi Farming, Inc. 11.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Baker Electric, Inc. 824 FTE
STATE-SIZE JDB Pro Inc, dba Central West Produce 825 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Department of Transportation Facility 493 825 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nevell Group Inc. 826 FTE
CITY-NEAR E.E. Hall Inc. 1,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hall Management Group, Inc 1,596 FTE
CITY-NEAR 918 S Del Norte, Kerman Ca 93630 1,109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prima Wawona - West Ranches 665 FTE
NAT-TCR S03495 - WM of Central IA - Fairfield 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR NHC Oakwood 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Kingswood Hospital 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleanup and Total Restoration 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Libbey Toledo Plant 824 FTE
NAT-SIZE SCBGILDD 824 FTE
NAT-SIZE ascena Greencastle Fulfillment Center 824 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Arthur Jackson Company 824 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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