Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing · California

BHJ - Vernon

Vernon, CA · ~47 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BHJ - Vernon runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BHJ - Vernon: 0.4 TCR = 11% of Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BHJ - Vernon safety composite

BHJ - Vernon scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

84/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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%).

BHJ - Vernon held a steady TCR band

BHJ - Vernon's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Vernon, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/20
  • PHOTO ROH
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ROH (0.0 TCR gap)

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BHJ - Vernon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BHJ - Vernon averages 0.4 TCR (11% of the Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BHJ - Vernon TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.9

Where BHJ - Vernon falls in its industry

302 Feeds, prepared for dog and ca establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 20 Feeds, prepared for dog and ca employers in California.

BHJ - Vernon (47 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate BHJ - Vernon
BHJ - Vernon (47 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

BHJ - Vernon has fewer employees than the Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · CA · Vernon

302 Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 146 employers in Vernon, 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 ROH 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OKC 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kansas City (KS) Feed Plant 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlanta Factory 0.5 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 Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA 1,633 FTE
CITY-NEAR GRANDE VISTA (CAGVS) 1,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAGVS - GRANDE VISTA 1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods - Vernon 984 FTE
NAT-TCR Dilling Group Inc 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Interface Flor LLC Kyle I 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Honeywell International Inc Geismar LA 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Delaware OH Yard 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Helmuth Custom Kitchens 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE HL-O High School 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gray Ohio Valley 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHILADELPHIA 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.