Farm labor contractors · California
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc
Shafter, CA · ~126 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade C.
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc: 4.3 TCR = 96% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc safety composite
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc: 0.0 → 7.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.63× in 2023
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc's TCR rose 7.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 7.0 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115115 · Shafter, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 96% of ind
- DART 7.0 DART
- RANK #314/620
- PHOTO Lost Hills Location
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~126 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lost Hills Location (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ag Vantage Farming, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc
4.3 TCR
- Lost Hills Loc
Lost Hills Location
4.3 TCR
- Kern Harvestin
Kern Harvesting Inc.
4.3 TCR
- SHIOKAZE BERRY
SHIOKAZE BERRY FARMS
4.3 TCR
- B & B AGRI SER
B & B AGRI SERVICES INC
4.3 TCR
What this shows Ag Vantage Farming, Inc averages 4.3 TCR (96% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=7 · BLS 4.5
Where Ag Vantage Farming, Inc falls in its industry
836 Farm labor contractors establishmentsSafer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #314 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.
Ag Vantage Farming, Inc has more employees than the Farm labor contractors median and a lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115115 · CA · Shafter
836 Farm labor contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 66 employers in Shafter, 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 | Lost Hills Location | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kern Harvesting Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SHIOKAZE BERRY FARMS | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | B & B AGRI SERVICES INC | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Blosser Ranch | 126 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | T&A Onions - Salinas - Harvest | 126 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Anthony F Cubre Jr | 126 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North Shore Greenhouses, Inc. | 126 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL2 | 1,819 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0593 - Shafter CA DC | 1,587 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Central Valley Distribution Center CVDC | 1,395 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0593 - Bakersfield DC | 1,179 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Resin Systems Corp | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southwest Ready Mix (Lawton) | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bloomington Lock and Safe Co., Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Woodside Manor Nursing Home | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CI2 Aviation | 126 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Food City #212 | 126 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Town Hall/General Government | 126 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | FST Logistics GC2 | 126 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.