Freight Transportation · California

UKC

Kettleman City, CA · ~47 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

UKC runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Freight Transportation workplace, earning a grade D.

UKC: 7.2 TCR = 160% of Freight Transportation BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UKC safety composite

UKC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Rising injury rate

UKC: 6.1 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.19× in 2024

UKC's TCR rose 2.5 from 6.1 in 2016 to 8.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Kettleman City, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.2 · 160% of ind

  • DART 8.6 DART
  • RANK #176/273
  • PHOTO Nashville 037
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nashville 037 (0.0 TCR gap)

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UKC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UKC averages 7.2 TCR (160% of the Freight Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

UKC TCR series: 2016=6.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=12.5 · 2020=9.9 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=10.4 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 4.5

Where UKC falls in its industry

3,020 Freight Transportation establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #176 safest of 273 Freight Transportation employers in California.

UKC (47 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate UKC
UKC (47 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

UKC has fewer employees than the Freight Transportation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 8.6 8.6 2 0 0
2023 7.8 7.8 2 0 0
2022 10.4 10.4 3 0 0
2021 4.9 4.9 2 0 0
2020 9.9 7.4 4 0 0
2019 12.5 12.5 5 0 0
2018 4.3 4.3 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.1 6.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · CA · Kettleman City

3,020 Freight Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 6 employers in Kettleman City, 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 Nashville 037 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-YR-112 RX 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR R+L Carriers - OMH 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Huntsville 036 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bowles Farming Company,Inc. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ruiz Farm Labor 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fresh Valley Harvesting, LLC. 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timothy & Viguie C.S.V. 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR KTL 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kettleman City CA FXFE-KTL 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR JACK IN THE BOX 3263 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR S04330 - CWM Kettleman Hills Landfill 38 FTE
NAT-TCR Pioneer College Caterers, Inc. - Unit 050/Johnson University 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Joist West 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR The Springs at Tanasbourne 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Barro's Pizza, Surprise 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE UAQ 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE LJB 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE FDDA Orlando 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Osi Ldi 47 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, 2016. 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.