Agriculture production or harvesting crews · California

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc

Name: Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Salinas, CA · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Agriculture production or harvesting crews workplace, earning a grade B.

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc: 2.5 TCR = 55% of Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc safety composite

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc: 1.8 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.32× in 2023

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc's TCR rose 1.4 from 1.8 in 2022 to 3.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Salinas, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 55% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #178/620
PHOTO WE LOVE BERRIES LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WE LOVE BERRIES LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.5
WE LOVE BERRIE

2.5
LABOR

2.5
Statewide Labo

2.5
7 Contracting

2.5

What this shows Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc averages 2.5 TCR (55% of the Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS benchmark).

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc TCR series: 2022=1.8 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc falls in its industry

836 Agriculture production or harv establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #178 safest of 620 Agriculture production or harv employers in California.

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc (158 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Aj Farm Labor Contracting, Inc has more employees than the Agriculture production or harvesting cre 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	3.2	0.8	3	1	0
2022	1.8	1.8	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Salinas

836 Agriculture production or harvesting crews employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	WE LOVE BERRIES LLC	NIPOMO, CA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	LABOR	KINGSBURG, CA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Statewide Labor Corporation	LAKE FOREST, CA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	7 Contracting Inc	MCFARLAND, CA	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	JAIME ZEPEDA LABOR CONTRACTING, INC.	THERMAL	158 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GULL ISLAND FARMS	OXNARD	158 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lodi Farming, Inc.	STOCKTON	158 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Valle Verde FLC	MC FARLAND	158 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Foothill Packing	Salinas	8,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Foothill Packing-California	Salinas	3,255 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital	Salinas	2,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Salinas Valley Healthcare System	Salinas	2,133 FTE
NAT-TCR	Royersford, Pa - 079	Royersford, PA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	NAPA Jackson Distribution Center	Jackson, MS	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	SKF USA Inc. - Hanover	Hanover, PA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Global Aviation	Hillsboro, OR	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Island Lake Center	Longwood, FL	158 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HandyTube Corporation	Camden, DE	158 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Pharr Svc Ctr	Pharr, TX	158 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N Charleston Svc Ctr	Charleston, WV	158 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: 2023, 2022. 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.