Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges · California
Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc.
Bakersfield, CA · ~47 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc. runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges workplace, earning a grade B.
Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 70% of Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc. safety composite
Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 66% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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 Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc.: 2.3 → 3.2 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 4.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.82× in 2023
Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 0.9 from 2.3 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Bakersfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 70% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #362/551
- PHOTO Central Lake Garage
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Central Lake Garage (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc.
2 TCR
- Central Lake G
Central Lake Garage
2 TCR
- Steve Manning
Steve Manning Construction Inc.
2 TCR
- Prus Construct
Prus Construction Company
2 TCR
- North Texas Ar
North Texas Area
2 TCR
What this shows Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (70% of the Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges BLS benchmark).
Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 2.8
Where Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc. falls in its industry
4,078 Painting lines on highways, st establishmentsSafer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #362 safest of 551 Painting lines on highways, st employers in California.
Kern Asphalt Paving & Sealing Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Painting lines on highways, streets and median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · CA · Bakersfield
4,078 Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges 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 | Central Lake Garage | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Steve Manning Construction Inc. | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prus Construction Company | 2.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Texas Area | 2.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bowles Farming Company,Inc. | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ruiz Farm Labor | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fresh Valley Harvesting, LLC. | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Timothy & Viguie C.S.V. | 47 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 | ILC Dover | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pizza Blends Inc - Portland | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jamerson Lewis Construction | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Forest Womens Center | 2.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ATL Construction Inc | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hal @ Tmmtx | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Supply Source Enterprises-Richmond, IN | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aloft Tallahassee FL | 47 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.