Farm labor contractors · California

F&J Fernandez Contracting

Delano, CA · ~59 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

F&J Fernandez Contracting runs at 10% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

F&J Fernandez Contracting: 0.5 TCR = 10% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

F&J Fernandez Contracting safety composite

F&J Fernandez Contracting scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% 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

−2.7

2018→2024

F&J Fernandez Contracting injury rate improved

F&J Fernandez Contracting's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Delano, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 10% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/620
  • PHOTO J.C. HARVESTING CORP…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J.C. HARVESTING CORPORATION (0.0 TCR gap)

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F&J Fernandez Contracting in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows F&J Fernandez Contracting averages 0.5 TCR (10% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

F&J Fernandez Contracting TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where F&J Fernandez Contracting falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 97% 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 #16 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

F&J Fernandez Contracting (59 employees, TCR 0.5) 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate F&J Fernandez Contracting
F&J Fernandez Contracting (59 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

F&J Fernandez Contracting has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.7 2.7 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Delano

836 Farm labor contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 123 employers in Delano, 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 J.C. HARVESTING CORPORATION 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Surf Packing Inc 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR H2A Complete II, Inc. B&E Harvesting 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR El Don Farm Labor Contracting Inc. 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE DFFF-Salinas 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE LOMA 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE J.R. AG SOLUTIONS, INC. 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Soto Bros Farm Labor Contractor Inc 59 FTE
CITY-NEAR HMN Incorporated 1,942 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rachma Contracting, Inc. 1,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kern Valley State Prison 1,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sunview Vineyards of California Inc 1,489 FTE
NAT-TCR Athens - Graham 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Alexander Chemical Corporation 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lancaster - 1800 Cloister Drive 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc 10XR 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Hampton at Salmon Creek 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Florida Kenworth - Orlando 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pennsauken 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hennepin County Medical Center - Jail Health Services 59 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.