Farm labor contractors · California

Javier Ponce Nevarez

Name: Javier Ponce Nevarez Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Delano, CA · ~150 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Javier Ponce Nevarez runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Javier Ponce Nevarez: 6.5 TCR = 145% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Javier Ponce Nevarez safety composite

Javier Ponce Nevarez scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers
DART rate: F 13.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Javier Ponce Nevarez: 0.0 → 13.1 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2018

Javier Ponce Nevarez's TCR rose 13.1 from 0.0 in 2017 to 13.1 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Delano, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 145% of ind

DART 13.1 DART
RANK #439/620
PHOTO Jorge Castro Farms
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~150 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jorge Castro Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sunrise Farm L

6.6
Badass Farming

6.6
This site

6.5
Jorge Castro F

6.5
Castaneda & So

6.5

What this shows Javier Ponce Nevarez averages 6.5 TCR (145% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

Javier Ponce Nevarez TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=13.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Javier Ponce Nevarez falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #439 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

Javier Ponce Nevarez (150 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Javier Ponce Nevarez 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	13.1	13.1	3	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Jorge Castro Farms	SALINAS, CA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Castaneda & Sons, Inc.	NIPOMO, CA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sunrise Farm Labor, Inc.	HURON, CA	6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Badass Farming	WALLA WALLA, WA	6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Klink Citrus Association	IVANHOE	150 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mashburn Transportation Services	BAKERSFIELD	150 FTE
STATE-SIZE	TRI Pointe Homes	IRVINE	150 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EMPORL, LLC	IRVINE	150 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HMN Incorporated	Delano	1,942 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Rachma Contracting, Inc.	Delano	1,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kern Valley State Prison	Delano	1,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sunview Vineyards of California Inc	Delano	1,489 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sulphur Springs (Txsul)	Sulphur Springs, TX	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bangor (Meban)	Brewer, ME	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	0076 - Independence, MO	Independence, MO	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Penske : 5208-00 Race Trac-DCC/Orlando, FL	Orlando, FL	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Blue Valley Hospital	Overland Park, KS	150 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Legends - The Star	Frisco, TX	150 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Odessa Center (Txode)	Odessa, TX	150 FTE
NAT-SIZE	FAIST ChemTec, Inc.	Gastonia, NC	150 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.