Farm labor contractors · California

Salinas FLC

Patterson, CA · ~963 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
3
Fatalities
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The verdict

Salinas FLC runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm labor contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Salinas FLC: 6.7 TCR = 148% of Farm labor contractors BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Salinas FLC safety composite

Salinas FLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 35% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 3

Safer than 0% 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

−0.4

2017→2024

Salinas FLC injury rate improved

Salinas FLC's TCR fell 0.4 from 8.2 in 2017 to 7.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.2 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=7.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115115 · Patterson, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.7 · 148% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #447/620
  • PHOTO A-G Sod Farms, Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 431 inj
  • SIZE ~963 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A-G Sod Farms, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Salinas FLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Salinas FLC averages 6.7 TCR (148% of the Farm labor contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Salinas FLC TCR series: 2017=8.2 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=5.7 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=7.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Salinas FLC falls in its industry

836 Farm labor contractors establishments

Safer than 29% 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 #447 safest of 620 Farm labor contractors employers in California.

Salinas FLC (963 employees, TCR 6.7) 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 Salinas FLC
Salinas FLC (963 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 107 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Salinas FLC has more employees than the Farm labor contractors median and a higher 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 7.8 3.3 58 11 0
2023 7.6 5.0 67 5 1
2022 5.7 3.2 51 2 1
2021 6.5 3.9 60 3 0
2020 4.8 3.1 35 6 0
2019 7.3 3.5 57 13 1
2018 5.1 1.6 34 9 0
2017 8.2 3.1 69 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115115 · CA · Patterson

836 Farm labor contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 36 employers in Patterson, 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 A-G Sod Farms, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MJM Farms LP 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CenCal Ag, LLC 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premium Packing, Inc. 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cue Health, Inc 963 FTE
STATE-SIZE GLS US Freight Inc. 963 FTE
STATE-SIZE T&A - Huron - Harvest 961 FTE
STATE-SIZE CAMARILLO HARVESTING LP 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : OAK3 899 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 324 699 FTE
CITY-NEAR J.Rodriguez FLC Inc 679 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - OAK3 616 FTE
NAT-TCR The Crosby Company 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Inter-County Energy Cooperative 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Durex Products, Inc. - Luck Facility 6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Shop Rite of Elizabeth 6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Renown Health 963 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northeast Distribution Center 963 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rome Health 963 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holland LP 963 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.