Agriculture production or harvesting crews · California
Kern Harvesting Inc.
Bakersfield, CA · ~210 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Kern Harvesting Inc. runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Agriculture production or harvesting crews workplace, earning a grade C.
Kern Harvesting Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 95% of Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kern Harvesting Inc. safety composite
Kern Harvesting Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 3% 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 Harvesting Inc.: 2.1 → 5.7 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.88× in 2024
Kern Harvesting Inc.'s TCR rose 3.6 from 2.1 in 2019 to 5.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115115 · Bakersfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 95% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #312/620
- PHOTO Lost Hills Location
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 39 inj
- SIZE ~210 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lost Hills Location (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kern Harvesting Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kern Harvesting Inc.
4.3 TCR
- Lost Hills Loc
Lost Hills Location
4.3 TCR
- AG VANTAGE FAR
AG VANTAGE FARMING, INC
4.3 TCR
- Eagle Labor Co
Eagle Labor Contracting, Inc
4.3 TCR
- SHIOKAZE BERRY
SHIOKAZE BERRY FARMS
4.3 TCR
What this shows Kern Harvesting Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (95% of the Agriculture production or harvesting crews BLS benchmark).
Kern Harvesting Inc. TCR series: 2019=2.1 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=5.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Kern Harvesting Inc. falls in its industry
836 Agriculture production or harv establishmentsSafer than 51% 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 #312 safest of 620 Agriculture production or harv employers in California.
Kern Harvesting Inc. has more 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 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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 | Lost Hills Location | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | AG VANTAGE FARMING, INC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eagle Labor Contracting, Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SHIOKAZE BERRY FARMS | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 3378_6551 | 210 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rincon Pacific, LLC | 210 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Woodland, CA | 210 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RC FARMS-SALINAS VALLEY | 210 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 | Titan Tire Corporation | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Casa Grande,AZ | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Westin Charlotte | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Frasier's Plumbing & Heating, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | GlobiTech Incorporated | 210 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hoyt Archery | 210 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Y. Hata & Company, Ltd. | 210 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sunesis Environmental, LLC | 210 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.