Farm labor contractors · California

D&J Packing, LLC

Salinas, CA · ~592 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

D&J Packing, LLC runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

D&J Packing, LLC: 8.0 TCR = 178% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

D&J Packing, LLC safety composite

D&J Packing, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.5

2022→2023

D&J Packing, LLC injury rate improved

D&J Packing, LLC's TCR fell 4.5 from 10.3 in 2022 to 5.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 10.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=10.3 · 2023=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Salinas, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 8.0 · 178% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #504/620
  • PHOTO Shannon Ranches, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 55 inj
  • SIZE ~592 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shannon Ranches, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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D&J Packing, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows D&J Packing, LLC averages 8.0 TCR (178% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

D&J Packing, LLC TCR series: 2022=10.3 · 2023=5.8 · BLS 4.5

Where D&J Packing, LLC falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #504 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

D&J Packing, LLC (592 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate D&J Packing, LLC
D&J Packing, LLC (592 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

D&J Packing, LLC has more employees than the Farm labor contractors median and a higher 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 5.8 4.3 23 1 0
2022 10.3 6.7 32 8 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Salinas

836 Farm labor contractors 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Shannon Ranches, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hilltown Packing Co., Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR California Sun Grower Services 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR JOE CARMONA 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE J&G Berry Farms LLC 592 FTE
STATE-SIZE CONCORD RMC 592 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5154 592 FTE
STATE-SIZE IKEA #345 Tejon 592 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing 8,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing-California 3,255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital 2,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Healthcare System 2,133 FTE
NAT-TCR Wickliffe Bar Processing Corp 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR EP Acquisitions dba H&B Elevator, Inc 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR R.W. Fernstrum & Company 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR South Coast Hospice & Palliative Care Services, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Indian River Transport 592 FTE
NAT-SIZE International Falls, Mn 592 FTE
NAT-SIZE Celanese Acetate LLC 592 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sun Coast Resources Houston 592 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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