Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) · California
Fortes Brothers Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA · ~74 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fortes Brothers Inc. runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) workplace, earning a grade D.
Fortes Brothers Inc.: 7.4 TCR = 164% of Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fortes Brothers Inc. safety composite
Fortes Brothers Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).
37/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 7.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Fortes Brothers Inc.: 3.8 → 10.0 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 13.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.91× in 2024
Fortes Brothers Inc.'s TCR rose 6.2 from 3.8 in 2017 to 10.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 488410 · Sunnyvale, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.4 · 164% of ind
- DART 6.7 DART
- RANK #43/48
- PHOTO AAA Club Alliance Ri…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 52 inj
- SIZE ~74 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AAA Club Alliance Richmond VA (0.1 TCR gap)
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Fortes Brothers Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Joe Ballor Tow
Joe Ballor Towing Inc.
7.5 TCR
- United Towing
United Towing Vestavia Hills
7.5 TCR
- This site
Fortes Brothers Inc.
7.4 TCR
- AAA Club Allia
AAA Club Alliance Richmond VA
7.3 TCR
- Ewing Location
Ewing Location
7.2 TCR
What this shows Fortes Brothers Inc. averages 7.4 TCR (164% of the Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) BLS benchmark).
Fortes Brothers Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.8 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=13.6 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=10.2 · 2024=10 · BLS 4.5
Where Fortes Brothers Inc. falls in its industry
157 Emergency road services (i.e., establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 48 Emergency road services (i.e., employers in California.
Fortes Brothers Inc. has more employees than the Emergency road services (i.e., tow servi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.0 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
488410 · CA · Sunnyvale
157 Emergency road services (i.e., tow service) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 218 employers in Sunnyvale, 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 | AAA Club Alliance Richmond VA | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Joe Ballor Towing Inc. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ewing Location | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | United Towing Vestavia Hills | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Wonderful Orchards-New Columbia | 74 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Apricot Lane Farms | 74 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Central California Almond Growers (Kerman) | 74 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jose Jesus Garcia Jr | 74 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LinkedIn Mountain View / Sunnyvale | 5,575 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lockheed Martin Corporation Sunnyvale Campus (1066) | 4,224 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Intuitive Surgical | 3,888 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Intuitive | 3,670 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Benton Dairy LLC | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dempsey Uniform and Linen Supply Inc | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Villa Rosa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New England Ice Cream Corp - Enfield, CT | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | VPT | 74 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HTI Spartnaburg 3 | 74 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CoServ Gas | 74 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lexington Hides | 74 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.