Crude petroleum refineries · California

Kern Oil & Refining Co.

Name: Kern Oil & Refining Co. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Bakersfield, CA · ~130 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Kern Oil & Refining Co. runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Crude petroleum refineries workplace, earning a grade B.

Kern Oil & Refining Co.: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Crude petroleum refineries BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kern Oil & Refining Co. safety composite

Kern Oil & Refining Co. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.5

2017→2018

Kern Oil & Refining Co. injury rate improved

Kern Oil & Refining Co.'s TCR fell 1.5 from 2.8 in 2017 to 1.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.8 · 2018=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 324110 · Bakersfield, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #15/18
PHOTO Calcasieu Refining C…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~130 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Calcasieu Refining Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Kern Oil & Refining Co. averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Crude petroleum refineries BLS benchmark).

Kern Oil & Refining Co. TCR series: 2017=2.8 · 2018=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Kern Oil & Refining Co. falls in its industry

198 Crude petroleum refineries establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 18 Crude petroleum refineries employers in California.

Kern Oil & Refining Co. (130 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 376 employees and a TCR of 0.5

Kern Oil & Refining Co. has fewer employees than the Crude petroleum refineries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.5. 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
2018	1.4	0.0	0	2	0
2017	2.8	1.4	2	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

324110 · CA · Bakersfield

198 Crude petroleum refineries 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Calcasieu Refining Company	LAKE CHARLES, LA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Blue Flame, Inc	BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	McPherson Refinery	MCPHERSON, KS	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	American Refining Group- Bradford	BRADFORD, PA	2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	TRCC, Inc.	FIVE POINTS	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Saticoy Lemon Association - Santa Paula	SANTA PAULA	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sierra Land and Cattle Co LLC	VISALIA	130 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MODESTO SERVICE CENTER	MODESTO	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CA Bakersfield	Bakersfield	4,667 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CA-04	Bakersfield	4,525 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1	Bakersfield	4,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Esparza Enterprises, Inc	Bakersfield	3,267 FTE
NAT-TCR	KOCH Mechanical Inc.	North Vernon, IN	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	WVCO Equip Mfg	Eugene, OR	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sonoma Cove	Memphis, TN	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ursa Logistics - Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Action Resources - Pasadena	Pasadena, TX	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Location 48007	Pittsburgh, PA	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Miller's Bakery Inc.-Steven Road	Milwaukee, WI	130 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Panama City (Flpan)	Panama City, FL	130 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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