Farm labor contractors · California

Esparza Enterprises, Inc

Bakersfield, CA · ~3,267 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Esparza Enterprises, Inc runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Esparza Enterprises, Inc: 5.5 TCR = 121% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Esparza Enterprises, Inc safety composite

Esparza Enterprises, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 3%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−3.7

2017→2024

Esparza Enterprises, Inc injury rate improved

Esparza Enterprises, Inc's TCR fell 3.7 from 8.6 in 2017 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.6 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=4.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Bakersfield, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 121% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #383/620
  • PHOTO SoMoCo Labor Supply …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 1,277 inj
  • SIZE ~3,267 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SoMoCo Labor Supply Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Esparza Enterprises, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Esparza Enterprises, Inc averages 5.5 TCR (121% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Esparza Enterprises, Inc TCR series: 2017=8.6 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=4.3 · 2021=5.1 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Esparza Enterprises, Inc falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #383 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

Esparza Enterprises, Inc (3,267 employees, TCR 5.5) 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Esparza Enterprises, Inc
Esparza Enterprises, Inc (3,267 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Esparza Enterprises, Inc 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
2024 4.9 3.9 109 0 0
2023 4.4 3.9 114 0 1
2022 3.4 3.2 87 0 0
2021 5.1 4.6 171 0 0
2020 4.3 3.9 147 0 0
2019 5.6 4.8 199 0 0
2018 7.3 6.5 206 0 0
2017 8.6 7.7 244 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Bakersfield

836 Farm labor contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, 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 SoMoCo Labor Supply Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westside Ag Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR A ALVARADO HARVESTING, INC. 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 456 PIONEER DR 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Go-Staff Corp 3,267 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grossmont Hospital 3,275 FTE
STATE-SIZE Foothill Packing-California 3,255 FTE
STATE-SIZE CA011 3,282 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA Bakersfield 4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR CA-04 4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 4,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bolthouse Bakersfield 2,400 FTE
NAT-TCR S05192 - WM Lafayette 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Osceola Core Products 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Us Conveyor Technologies Mfg 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northern Arizona Healthcare 3,274 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - LAS1 3,260 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas (Txdal) 3,275 FTE
NAT-SIZE Volvo Trucks NA New River Valley Plant 3,257 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.