Commercial building construction general contractors · California
Vortex Construction
Bakersfield, CA · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Vortex Construction runs at 168% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade D.
Vortex Construction: 4.9 TCR = 168% of Commercial building construction general contractors BLS 2.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Vortex Construction safety composite
Vortex Construction scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Vortex Construction: 6.2 → 8.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.73× in 2024
Vortex Construction's TCR rose 2.3 from 6.2 in 2022 to 8.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · Bakersfield, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 168% of ind
- DART 8.5 DART
- RANK #371/486
- PHOTO RLM General Contract…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~24 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: RLM General Contractors (0.0 TCR gap)
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Vortex Construction in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Vortex Construction
4.9 TCR
- RLM General Co
RLM General Contractors
4.9 TCR
- Service First
Service First
4.9 TCR
- Boyle Construc
Boyle Construction Inc.
4.9 TCR
- MACC Projects
MACC Projects PSFB
4.9 TCR
What this shows Vortex Construction averages 4.9 TCR (168% of the Commercial building construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
Vortex Construction TCR series: 2022=6.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=8.5 · BLS 2.9
Where Vortex Construction falls in its industry
4,692 Commercial building constructi establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #371 safest of 486 Commercial building constructi employers in California.
Vortex Construction has fewer employees than the Commercial building construction general median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · CA · Bakersfield
4,692 Commercial building construction general contractors 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | RLM General Contractors | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Service First | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Boyle Construction Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MACC Projects PSFB | 4.9 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 | CA Bakersfield | 4,667 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CA-04 | 4,525 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - BFL1 | 4,113 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Esparza Enterprises, Inc | 3,267 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | HeiQ ChemTex, Inc. Concord | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hooper DSC | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gehring Tricot Corp. | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Buferd Company dBa Unity Manufacturing | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | PDC, Inc. | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 1166 | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | YKK AP America - Cincinnati, Ohio Facility | 24 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Markham Inc | 24 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.