Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · California
AFP Visalia
Visalia, CA · ~111 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
AFP Visalia runs at 155% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
AFP Visalia: 5.1 TCR = 155% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
AFP Visalia safety composite
AFP Visalia scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% 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%).
TCR Δ
−4.8
2021→2023
AFP Visalia injury rate improved
AFP Visalia's TCR fell 4.8 from 6.7 in 2021 to 2.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=6.7 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=2.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Visalia, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 155% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #20/36
- PHOTO Crave Brothers Farms…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~111 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese (0.0 TCR gap)
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AFP Visalia in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
AFP Visalia
5.1 TCR
- Crave Brothers
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese
5.1 TCR
- Agropur - Luxe
Agropur - Luxemburg
5.1 TCR
- Saputo Cheese
Saputo Cheese (Las Cruces)
5.1 TCR
- MDS Foods, Inc
MDS Foods, Inc. - Tullahoma Location
5.1 TCR
What this shows AFP Visalia averages 5.1 TCR (155% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
AFP Visalia TCR series: 2021=6.7 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=2 · BLS 3.3
Where AFP Visalia falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 36 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in California.
AFP Visalia has fewer employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · CA · Visalia
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 349 employers in Visalia, 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 | Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Agropur - Luxemburg | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Saputo Cheese (Las Cruces) | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MDS Foods, Inc. - Tullahoma Location | 5.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CNTRL | 111 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Peterson Ranch | 111 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KLEEN HARVEST | 111 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Redding Cement | 111 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kaweah Delta Health Care District | 4,961 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Paragon Personnel | 2,129 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 194 | 1,485 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 473 | 1,479 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | East Penn Sanitation Inc. | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Neighborhood House | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gulf Shores Precast Erectors dba Gulf Coast Precast Erectors | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hilton Garden Inn Omaha West | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | ITW Evercoat | 111 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Isd #308 | 111 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lockport Township Fire Protection District | 111 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Schuetz Container Systems - North Branch NJ | 111 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.