Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · California

Hercules Vernon

Name: Hercules Vernon Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Vernon, CA · ~78 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hercules Vernon runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade C.

Hercules Vernon: 4.1 TCR = 90% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hercules Vernon safety composite

Hercules Vernon scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: C 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Hercules Vernon: 0.0 → 2.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2023

Hercules Vernon's TCR rose 2.4 from 0.0 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Vernon, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.1 · 90% of ind

DART 2.4 DART
RANK #69/273
PHOTO XUR
BOOK 5y book
INJ 18 inj
SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: XUR (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Hercules Vernon averages 4.1 TCR (90% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

Hercules Vernon TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=2.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Hercules Vernon falls in its industry

3,020 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #69 safest of 273 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in California.

Hercules Vernon (78 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Hercules Vernon has more employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2023	2.4	2.4	2
2022	6.6	6.6	8
2021	4.7	4.7	3
2020	6.7	6.7	5
2019	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · CA · Vernon

3,020 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	XUR	UHRICHSVILLE, OH	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	East Philadelphia PA FXFE-EPH	CROYDON, PA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	010-CLE	CLEVELAND, OH	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NKX	KNOXVILLE, TN	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	California Endive Farms	RIO VISTA	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	VF - Napa	NAPA	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Russell Harris Farms	MADERA	78 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hadley Date Gardens, Inc.	THERMAL	78 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA	Vernon	1,633 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GRANDE VISTA (CAGVS)	Vernon	1,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CAGVS - GRANDE VISTA	Vernon	1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Foods - Vernon	Vernon	984 FTE
NAT-TCR	Quikrete - Hou	Raywood, TX	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Diageo Americas Supply	Louisville, KY	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sonesta ES Suites Colorado Springs	Colorado Springs, CO	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stop & Shop 0673	Fairfield, CT	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Grayson Lumber Corp.	Houston, AL	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cox's Wholesale Seafood, LLC	Tampa, FL	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bay Baby Produce, Inc.	Mount Vernon, WA	78 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Branch Restoration	New York, NY	78 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. 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.