Correctional institutions · California

North Kern State Prison

Delano, CA · ~1,407 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Kern State Prison runs at 402% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade F.

North Kern State Prison: 12.8 TCR = 402% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Kern State Prison safety composite

North Kern State Prison scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).

F

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
F 19.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

North Kern State Prison: 9.6 → 23.6 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 23.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.52× in 2022

North Kern State Prison's TCR rose 14.0 from 9.6 in 2017 to 23.6 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Delano, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 12.8 · 402% of ind

  • DART 19.6 DART
  • RANK #38/73
  • PHOTO Multnomah County Bld…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 434 inj
  • SIZE ~1,407 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Multnomah County Bldg 119 / Justice Center (0.1 TCR gap)

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North Kern State Prison in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Kern State Prison averages 12.8 TCR (402% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).

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

North Kern State Prison TCR series: 2017=9.6 · 2018=9.4 · 2019=8.8 · 2022=23.6 · BLS 3.2

Where North Kern State Prison falls in its industry

482 Correctional institutions establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 73 Correctional institutions employers in California.

North Kern State Prison (1,407 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 05001,0001,500 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate North Kern State Prison
North Kern State Prison (1,407 employees, TCR 12.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

North Kern State Prison has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2022 23.6 19.6 96 202 0
2019 8.8 4.7 102 7 0
2018 9.4 4.3 105 11 0
2017 9.6 1.3 131 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · CA · Delano

482 Correctional institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 123 employers in Delano, 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 Multnomah County Bldg 119 / Justice Center 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Clair County Sheriff's Department and Jail 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Regional CFA Business Office 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DC-COTA Cadets 13.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE SK hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp., DBA Solidigm 1,407 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2032-08180577 1,406 FTE
STATE-SIZE CDCR CCHCS - 042 1,408 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3469_6645 1,405 FTE
CITY-NEAR HMN Incorporated 1,942 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rachma Contracting, Inc. 1,600 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kern Valley State Prison 1,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sunview Vineyards of California Inc 1,489 FTE
NAT-TCR Jordison Construction, Inc 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Perma-Cal Industries, Inc. 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bay Baby Produce, Inc. 12.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Great Falls Feed 12.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1855-TXWAC1 1,407 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northern Quest Resort and Casino 1,407 FTE
NAT-SIZE ATLCGATG 1,406 FTE
NAT-SIZE Learjet Inc. 1,406 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: 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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