Trucks, road, merchant wholesalers · California

E.M. Tharp

Porterville, CA · ~190 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

E.M. Tharp runs at 270% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trucks, road, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

E.M. Tharp: 5.9 TCR = 270% of Trucks, road, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

E.M. Tharp safety composite

E.M. Tharp scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.0

2017→2020

E.M. Tharp injury rate improved

E.M. Tharp's TCR fell 2.0 from 7.4 in 2017 to 5.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.4 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.4 · 2018=4.9 · 2020=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423110 · Porterville, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.9 · 270% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #66/96
  • PHOTO ADESA - Chicago
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~190 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ADESA - Chicago (0.0 TCR gap)

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E.M. Tharp in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows E.M. Tharp averages 5.9 TCR (270% of the Trucks, road, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

E.M. Tharp TCR series: 2017=7.4 · 2018=4.9 · 2020=5.5 · BLS 2.2

Where E.M. Tharp falls in its industry

1,333 Trucks, road, merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #66 safest of 96 Trucks, road, merchant wholesa employers in California.

E.M. Tharp (190 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate E.M. Tharp
E.M. Tharp (190 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3

E.M. Tharp has more employees than the Trucks, road, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 5.5 2.0 11 0 0
2018 4.9 1.0 5 0 0
2017 7.4 2.7 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423110 · CA · Porterville

1,333 Trucks, road, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 147 employers in Porterville, 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 ADESA - Chicago 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ADESA : New Jersey 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cerni Motor Sales Inc. 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TRUCK SPECIALISTS, INC. 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Zuckerman Family Farms 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Santa Margarita Water District 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE City Of Sacramento-Field Services Division Roll-Up (140014) 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE Courtney Inc. 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 173 1,485 FTE
CITY-NEAR AG 1,379 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ag Star Harvesting Inc 1 1,180 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6021 1,030 FTE
NAT-TCR InChem Charlotte LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : DFW6 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Koorsen Fire & Security Kokomo 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mount Prospect Academy - Residential 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Zoological Society of Pittsburgh DBA Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amzl : Dil1 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trinity Logistics, Inc 190 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southroads 190 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, 2018, 2017. 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.