Agriculture production or harvesting crews · California
Kern Ag Services Inc
Bakersfield, CA · ~78 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kern Ag Services Inc runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Agriculture production or harvesting crews workplace, earning a grade B.
Kern Ag Services Inc: 2.3 TCR = 50% of Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kern Ag Services Inc safety composite
Kern Ag Services Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 51%), 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 75% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% 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
Kern Ag Services Inc: 2.6 → 4.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2024
Kern Ag Services Inc's TCR rose 1.6 from 2.6 in 2019 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115115 · Bakersfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 50% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #155/620
- PHOTO CORONADO LABOR CONTR…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~78 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CORONADO LABOR CONTRACTING, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kern Ag Services Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kern Ag Services Inc
2.3 TCR
- CORONADO LABOR
CORONADO LABOR CONTRACTING, Inc.
2.3 TCR
- Alico Citrus
Alico Citrus
2.3 TCR
- EDITH VILLALBA
EDITH VILLALBASO
2.3 TCR
- A & R Contract
A & R Contracting
2.2 TCR
What this shows Kern Ag Services Inc averages 2.3 TCR (50% of the Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS benchmark).
Kern Ag Services Inc TCR series: 2019=2.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Kern Ag Services Inc falls in its industry
836 Agriculture production or harv establishmentsSafer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #155 safest of 620 Agriculture production or harv employers in California.
Kern Ag Services Inc has fewer employees than the Agriculture production or harvesting cre 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 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115115 · CA · Bakersfield
836 Agriculture production or harvesting crews employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 818 employers in Bakersfield, 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 | CORONADO LABOR CONTRACTING, Inc. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alico Citrus | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | EDITH VILLALBASO | 2.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | A & R Contracting | 2.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | California Endive Farms | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VF - Napa | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Russell Harris Farms | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hadley Date Gardens, Inc. | 78 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA Bakersfield | 4,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA-04 | 4,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 | 4,113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Esparza Enterprises, Inc | 3,267 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Middleburg FL | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oscar Wilson Engines and Parts, Inc. | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DeLaval Manufacturing Chillicothe | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fareway Stores, Inc. 551 Eagle Grove | 2.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Orem City Fire Department | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | George Evans Corporation | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | First Student-Berrien Springs | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Renaissance Columbus Westerville-Polaris Hotel | 78 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.