Farm labor contractors · California

Foothill Packing-California

Salinas, CA · ~3,255 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Foothill Packing-California runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Foothill Packing-California: 7.5 TCR = 168% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Foothill Packing-California safety composite

Foothill Packing-California scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 40% 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−0.9

2017→2018

Foothill Packing-California injury rate improved

Foothill Packing-California's TCR fell 0.9 from 8.0 in 2017 to 7.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.0 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.0 · 2018=7.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 168% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #478/620
  • PHOTO GF Management Company
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 389 inj
  • SIZE ~3,255 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GF Management Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Foothill Packing-California in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Foothill Packing-California averages 7.5 TCR (168% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Foothill Packing-California TCR series: 2017=8 · 2018=7.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Foothill Packing-California falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 23% 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 #478 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

Foothill Packing-California (3,255 employees, TCR 7.5) 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 Foothill Packing-California
Foothill Packing-California (3,255 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Foothill Packing-California 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
2018 7.1 2.8 175 7 0
2017 8.0 2.0 214 1 1

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 GF Management Company 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edcot Gin 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Western Harvesting 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR J.V. FARM LABOR SERVICES, INC 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Esparza Enterprises, Inc 3,267 FTE
STATE-SIZE Go-Staff Corp 3,267 FTE
STATE-SIZE LAXCIRAMP LAX - CARGO RAMP 3,241 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlantic Solutions Group Inc, Inc. DBA Empire Workforce Solutions 3,240 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing 8,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital 2,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Healthcare System 2,133 FTE
CITY-NEAR SALINAS YARD 1,910 FTE
NAT-TCR Morgan Olson Plant 1 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Superior Concrete/DC Plant 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Grand Ridge Energy Center 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Burke Health and Rehabilitation Center 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE PC - Primary Childrens Hospital 3,254 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota 3,257 FTE
NAT-SIZE Volvo Trucks NA New River Valley Plant 3,257 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pleasantdale Hub (Gaple) 3,250 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: 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.