Farm labor contractors · California

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm

Salinas, CA · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm: 1.4 TCR = 32% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm safety composite

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.9

2019→2020

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm injury rate improved

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.9 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Salinas, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #90/620
  • PHOTO Soto Bros Farm Labor…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Soto Bros Farm Labor Contractor Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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LNB Ventures - Spence Farm in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows LNB Ventures - Spence Farm averages 1.4 TCR (32% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm TCR series: 2019=2.9 · 2020=0 · BLS 4.5

Where LNB Ventures - Spence Farm falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #90 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm (24 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate LNB Ventures - Spence Farm
LNB Ventures - Spence Farm (24 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

LNB Ventures - Spence Farm has fewer employees than the Farm labor contractors 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Salinas

836 Farm labor contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, 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 Soto Bros Farm Labor Contractor Inc 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Headquarters 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR RIGGINS FARMS LTD 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barehanded Solutions 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTD Farms 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marc Pura Ranch, LLC 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Costa Farms 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing 8,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing-California 3,255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital 2,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Healthcare System 2,133 FTE
NAT-TCR P1 Group, Inc. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc. - West Allis 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Howard Concrete Pumping Company 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cummins Natural Gas Engines 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tioga Air Heaters LLC 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 61016 - Capstone Gordon Foods Taunton 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Englewood UP 24 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.