Farm labor contractors · California

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm

Salinas, CA · ~51 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm: 1.5 TCR = 34% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm safety composite

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% 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

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−2.1

2017→2024

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm injury rate improved

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.1 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=5.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 34% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #97/620
  • PHOTO west coast custom ha…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: west coast custom harvesting i (0.0 TCR gap)

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Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm averages 1.5 TCR (34% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm TCR series: 2017=2.1 · 2018=1 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=5.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 85% 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 #97 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm (51 employees, TCR 1.5) 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 Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm
Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm (51 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Growers Transplanting, Inc. - Espinosa Farm 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
2020 5.8 5.8 3 0 0
2019 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2018 1.0 1.0 2 0 0
2017 2.1 2.1 1 0 0

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 west coast custom harvesting i 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MUNOZ TRUCKING 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SHARP BROS SEED CO 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acemij Farms INC. 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Robert Young Vineyards 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE H&W Vineyards 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huber Farms Inc 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor Brothers Farms Inc 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing 8,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing-California 3,255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital 2,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Healthcare System 2,133 FTE
NAT-TCR PnP Tacoma 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Caldera Engineering 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 30650 - Capstone Awg Great Lakes 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri-Star Construction LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arizona League Angels Minor League Facility - Players 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enclos - Chester Shop 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE STS Operating - Houston 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE BERWICK 51 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, 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.