Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing · California
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse
Vernon, CA · ~187 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing workplace, earning a grade D.
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse: 5.6 TCR = 124% of Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse safety composite
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.45 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%).
Rising injury rate
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse: 3.9 → 7.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.98× in 2021
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse's TCR rose 3.4 from 3.9 in 2018 to 7.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 115114 · Vernon, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 124% of ind
- DART 5.5 DART
- RANK #127/236
- PHOTO Babcock Receiving
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~187 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Babcock Receiving (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse
5.6 TCR
- Babcock Receiv
Babcock Receiving
5.6 TCR
- SANTA BARBARA
SANTA BARBARA FARMS, LLC
5.6 TCR
- Del Rey Packin
Del Rey Packing Co
5.6 TCR
- Black Gold Far
Black Gold Farms - EGF
5.5 TCR
What this shows Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse averages 5.6 TCR (124% of the Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing BLS benchmark).
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse TCR series: 2018=3.9 · 2021=7.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse falls in its industry
666 Vegetable sorting, grading, an establishmentsSafer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #127 safest of 236 Vegetable sorting, grading, an employers in California.
Gourmet Specialties Inc - Warehouse has more employees than the Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
115114 · CA · Vernon
666 Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing 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 | Babcock Receiving | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SANTA BARBARA FARMS, LLC | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Del Rey Packing Co | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Black Gold Farms - EGF | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | J & C Ag Services Inc | 187 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Miramar - Bld: 5315 - 01 | 187 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CA-Ventura S/C | 187 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fullmer Construction | 187 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 | Mercy Regional Medical Centura | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Construction | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ACT | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Smithfield Direct- North Florida | 5.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Harmar Village Care Center | 187 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Devon Energy Corporation - Artesia | 187 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1201 - Lafayette La Whse | 187 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1232 - Columbia Sc Whse | 187 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.