Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) · California
Kern
Bakersfield, CA · ~277 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.0
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kern runs at 496% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) workplace, earning a grade F.
Kern: 14.9 TCR = 496% of Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS 3.0 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kern safety composite
Kern scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 27% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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: 2.7 → 23.0 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 37.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.22× in 2024
Kern's TCR rose 20.3 from 2.7 in 2019 to 23.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 37.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 722310 · Bakersfield, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 14.9 · 496% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #559/586
- PHOTO Sierra Vista Regiona…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 61 inj
- SIZE ~277 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sierra Vista Regional Med Ctr (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kern in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kern
14.9 TCR
- Sierra Vista R
Sierra Vista Regional Med Ctr
14.9 TCR
- 500163300 CLEM
500163300 CLEMSON UNIV.
14.9 TCR
- Grafton School
Grafton School District
14.9 TCR
- 4021-000016789
4021-000016789
14.8 TCR
What this shows Kern averages 14.9 TCR (496% of the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) BLS benchmark).
Kern TCR series: 2019=2.7 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=37.5 · 2022=10.2 · 2023=12.8 · 2024=23 · BLS 3.0
Where Kern falls in its industry
6,952 Cafeteria food services contra establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #559 safest of 586 Cafeteria food services contra employers in California.
Kern has more employees than the Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 23.0 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
722310 · CA · Bakersfield
6,952 Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias) 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 | Sierra Vista Regional Med Ctr | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 500163300 CLEMSON UNIV. | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Grafton School District | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 4021-000016789 | 14.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GAR BENNETT LLC | 277 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BYRD HARVEST INC | 277 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DAVID GONZALEZ | 277 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C&C Harvesting, Inc. | 277 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 | Davis Construction Services, LLC | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lsvl Asmby | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pmh Ems | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Complete Care Heritage LLC | 14.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Scranton Manufacturing | 277 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0220 - Eden Prairie | 277 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1076 - Alexandria | 277 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1392 - Lees Summit | 277 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.