Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants · California
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC
Vernon, CA · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC runs at 453% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade F.
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC: 15.0 TCR = 453% of Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC safety composite
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% 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).
18/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 13.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- C 0
Safer than 55% 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
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC: 15.0 → 148.1 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 148.1 TCR · DART/TCR 9.04× in 2022
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC's TCR rose 133.2 from 15.0 in 2021 to 148.1 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 9.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311611 · Vernon, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 15.0 · 453% of ind
- DART 135.2 DART
- RANK #10/14
- PHOTO Meat Processing Plant
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 45 inj
- SIZE ~158 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Meat Processing Plant (0.1 TCR gap)
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Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Superior Farms
Superior Farms
15.4 TCR
- This site
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC
15 TCR
- Meat Processin
Meat Processing Plant
14.9 TCR
- Pasco Plant
Pasco Plant
14.4 TCR
- Logansport Pla
Logansport Plant
13.9 TCR
What this shows Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC averages 15.0 TCR (453% of the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC TCR series: 2021=15 · 2022=148.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC falls in its industry
212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 14 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen employers in California.
Cargill Vernon Proportion Foods LLC has fewer employees than the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except p median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 148.1 | 135.2 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 23 | 6 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311611 · CA · Vernon
212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants 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 | Meat Processing Plant | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Superior Farms | 15.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pasco Plant | 14.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Logansport Plant | 13.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | JAIME ZEPEDA LABOR CONTRACTING, INC. | 158 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GULL ISLAND FARMS | 158 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lodi Farming, Inc. | 158 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Valle Verde FLC | 158 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 | Store 0566 | 15.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clarendale St. Peters Operations, LLC | 15.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Regency Pullman | 15.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Renaissance Park Multi-Care Center | 15.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SNA-ODFL | 158 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Food City Store #667 | 158 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ATW-ODFL | 158 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Division 1 - Seattle | 158 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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