Fertilizer Manufacturing · California

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant

Helm, CA · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fertilizer Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant: 0.9 TCR = 26% of Fertilizer Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant safety composite

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 93% 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2017→2019

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant injury rate improved

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.6 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.6 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325312 · Helm, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO Nutrien
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Nutrien (0.0 TCR gap)

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JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant averages 0.9 TCR (26% of the Fertilizer Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant TCR series: 2017=2.6 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.3

Where JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant falls in its industry

29 Fertilizer Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Fertilizer Manufacturing employers in California.

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant (37 employees, TCR 0.9) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 156 employees and a TCR of 1.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 17 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 0200400600800 01234 Average employees Total Case Rate JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant
JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant (37 employees, TCR 0.9) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 156 employees and a TCR of 1.5

JR Simplot Company-Helm Plant has fewer employees than the Fertilizer Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.6 2.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325312 · CA · Helm

29 Fertilizer Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 10 employers in Helm, 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 Nutrien 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCS Phosphate Inc 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mosaic Bartow 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Itafos Conda LLC 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KP Spraying LLC 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE KAN - 01 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kimberlina Shop 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Terranova Ranch, Inc 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR Helm 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR AB Plant - Helm 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABW Plant - Helm 36 FTE
NAT-TCR ProPetro Services -- Permian Operations 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Ingram Micro Mobility Airtech 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Thor Motor Coach/850 wire harness 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NGMS-B340 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4113-41131001-A45 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4113-41131003-R29 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE All American Architectural Arts North 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trailboss Equipment 37 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.