Caterers · California

Flying Food Group LAV

Vernon, CA · ~235 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Flying Food Group LAV runs at 266% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Caterers workplace, earning a grade F.

Flying Food Group LAV: 8.0 TCR = 266% of Caterers BLS 3.0 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Flying Food Group LAV safety composite

Flying Food Group LAV scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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

−12.7

2018→2024

Flying Food Group LAV injury rate improved

Flying Food Group LAV's TCR fell 12.7 from 15.6 in 2018 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4719.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.6 · 2019=9.6 · 2020=4719.8 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722320 · Vernon, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 266% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #29/43
  • PHOTO Unit 119
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 143 inj
  • SIZE ~235 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Unit 119 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Flying Food Group LAV in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Flying Food Group LAV averages 8.0 TCR (266% of the Caterers BLS benchmark).

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

Flying Food Group LAV TCR series: 2018=15.6 · 2019=9.6 · 2020=4719.8 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=5 · 2023=8.1 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.0

Where Flying Food Group LAV falls in its industry

207 Caterers establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 43 Caterers employers in California.

Flying Food Group LAV (235 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 158 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Flying Food Group LAV
Flying Food Group LAV (235 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 158 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Flying Food Group LAV has more employees than the Caterers 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
2024 2.9 1.7 5 0 0
2023 8.1 8.1 16 0 0
2022 5.0 4.5 10 0 0
2021 6.6 6.6 12 0 0
2020 4719.8 4719.8 8 0 0
2019 9.6 9.3 32 0 0
2018 15.6 13.7 60 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722320 · CA · Vernon

207 Caterers 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 Unit 119 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DB Commissary LLC 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR REDWOOD CANYON GOLF COURSE WEDGEWOOD WEDDINGS 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Catering 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE AGR CONTRACTING 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Framing by Superior, Inc. 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE PCI Bay Area Interior (555) 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sensient Natural Ingredients, Livingston 235 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 Maple Leaf Farms, Inc., MLS Location 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mission Mechanical -- Alexandria Location 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR FirstKey Homes LLC - Phoenix / Tucson 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Kugel Corporation 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sanctuary at Bellbrook 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lockheed Martin Corporation US WA Bothell 20th Ave SE (3483) 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #920 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE HallKeen Management, Inc 235 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, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.