Farm labor contractors · California

El Espinal FLC

Thermal, CA · ~161 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

El Espinal FLC runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade B.

El Espinal FLC: 3.1 TCR = 69% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

El Espinal FLC safety composite

El Espinal FLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−1.8

2021→2024

El Espinal FLC injury rate improved

El Espinal FLC's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 8.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=1.8 · 2022=8.0 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 69% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #221/620
  • PHOTO Bakersfield Location
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~161 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bakersfield Location (0.0 TCR gap)

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El Espinal FLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows El Espinal FLC averages 3.1 TCR (69% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

El Espinal FLC TCR series: 2021=1.8 · 2022=8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where El Espinal FLC falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 66% 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 #221 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

El Espinal FLC (161 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 El Espinal FLC
El Espinal FLC (161 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

El Espinal FLC 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2022 8.0 8.0 6 0 0
2021 1.8 1.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Thermal

836 Farm labor contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 19 employers in Thermal, 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 Bakersfield Location 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR JC Farm Services, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Golden Eagle AG Labor Contracting LLC 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nevarez Farm Labor Inc. 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE La Valle Sabbia, Inc. 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henry Avocado Corporation 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE CA-SONGS Station 161 FTE
STATE-SIZE Herrero Builders 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR EKSC CORPORATION 532 FTE
CITY-NEAR Desert Infinity, Inc. 406 FTE
CITY-NEAR LB HARVESTING INC. 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spates Fabricators Inc 248 FTE
NAT-TCR North Campus Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Maintenance & Management Associates, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Field Work 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Zeon Chemicals, Hattiesburg Plant 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lake Manassas SNF LLC 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Robert Bosch LLC 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Association Resource Center - Ymca of the Triangle 161 FTE
NAT-SIZE Memphis Dry 161 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.