Dry milk manufacturing · California

Artesia Processing Plant

Name: Artesia Processing Plant Workplace Safety Data
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Artesia, CA · ~60 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Artesia Processing Plant runs at 78% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dry milk manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Artesia Processing Plant: 2.6 TCR = 78% of Dry milk manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Artesia Processing Plant safety composite

Artesia Processing Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.5

2017→2021

Artesia Processing Plant injury rate improved

Artesia Processing Plant's TCR fell 2.5 from 2.5 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.5 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311514 · Artesia, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 78% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/20
PHOTO Milk Specialties Glo…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milk Specialties Global Visalia (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Artesia Processing Plant averages 2.6 TCR (78% of the Dry milk manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Artesia Processing Plant TCR series: 2017=2.5 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Artesia Processing Plant falls in its industry

185 Dry milk manufacturing establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 20 Dry milk manufacturing employers in California.

Artesia Processing Plant (60 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Artesia Processing Plant has fewer employees than the Dry milk manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	1.7	0.0	1
2018	8.7	5.8	6
2017	2.5	1.2	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311514 · CA · Artesia

185 Dry milk manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 9 employers in Artesia, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Milk Specialties Global Visalia	VISALIA, CA	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Foremost Farms - Plover	PLOVER, WI	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lake Zurich, IL	LAKE ZURICH, IL	2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ingredients - Drying - Goshen IN	GOSHEN, IN	2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	North Coast Vineyards	GEYSERVILLE	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sun Pacific Farming Cooperative, Inc \| Grapes Delano	BAKERSFIELD	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Paiva Farm Management	CHICO	60 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rocket Farms Herbs Inc Thermal	THERMAL	60 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Windsor Palms Care Center of Artesia	Artesia	251 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Artesia Christian Home, Inc.	Artesia	179 FTE
CITY-NEAR	99 Ranch Market 17	Artesia	89 FTE
CITY-NEAR	050348-ARTESIA PO	Artesia	81 FTE
NAT-TCR	Store #133	Joshua, TX	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	30510 - Capstone Americold Logistics Phoenix	Phoenix, AZ	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dept. of Health & Social Services (34)	Fairbanks, AK	2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	County of Jasper	Newton, IL	2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	First Companies, Inc	Grand Rapids, MI	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hurricane Fence Co Richmond	Richmond, VA	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	498500-St George Po	Saint George, UT	60 FTE
NAT-SIZE	252519-Det-Oak Park Sta	Oak Park, MI	60 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: 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.