Shortening made from purchased fats and oils · California

Coast Packing Company

Vernon, CA · ~66 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Coast Packing Company runs at 439% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Shortening made from purchased fats and oils workplace, earning a grade F.

Coast Packing Company: 14.5 TCR = 439% of Shortening made from purchased fats and oils BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Coast Packing Company safety composite

Coast Packing Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−2.6

2017→2023

Coast Packing Company injury rate improved

Coast Packing Company's TCR fell 2.6 from 8.5 in 2017 to 5.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 30.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.5 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=15.2 · 2021=24.1 · 2022=30.4 · 2023=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311225 · Vernon, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.5 · 439% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #8/9
  • PHOTO Sunflower Vegetable …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~66 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Inc. (0.8 TCR gap)

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Coast Packing Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Coast Packing Company averages 14.5 TCR (439% of the Shortening made from purchased fats and oils BLS benchmark).

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

Coast Packing Company TCR series: 2017=8.5 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=7.2 · 2020=15.2 · 2021=24.1 · 2022=30.4 · 2023=5.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Coast Packing Company falls in its industry

86 Shortening made from purchased establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 9 Shortening made from purchased employers in California.

Coast Packing Company (66 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Coast Packing Company
Coast Packing Company (66 employees, TCR 14.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Coast Packing Company has fewer employees than the Shortening made from purchased fats and median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 5.9 5.9 5 0 0
2022 30.4 11.7 17 9 0
2021 24.1 9.0 15 9 0
2020 15.2 2.8 7 4 0
2019 7.2 5.8 5 0 0
2018 10.1 4.3 7 0 0
2017 8.5 5.1 3 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311225 · CA · Vernon

86 Shortening made from purchased fats and oils 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 Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Inc. 15.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PBP 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TOP Onions USA Inc 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Acesur North America 13.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nuseed Americas, Inc., West Sacramento Innovation Center 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE ORGANIC BUNCH HARVESTING 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE Navco Berry Harvest 66 FTE
STATE-SIZE kings orchards, llc 66 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 Rosemount Senior Living 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 803 - Jacksonville Branch 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Life Care Center of Ocala 14.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 114404-Jax-Carver Sta 14.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE H.H. Dobbins Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nease Harrison Plant 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clark Lumber Company, Inc. 66 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fox Hollow Senior Living Community 66 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.