Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesaler · Oregon

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence

Name: JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence Workplace Safety Data
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Independence, OR · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesaler workplace, earning a grade D.

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence: 3.3 TCR = 148% of Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesaler BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence safety composite

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence: 4.0 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.77× in 2019

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence's TCR rose 1.8 from 4.0 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Independence, OR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.3 · 148% of ind

DART 5.8 DART
RANK #8/28
PHOTO Aurora Cooperative -…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aurora Cooperative - Dannebrog Agronomy (0.0 TCR gap)

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Aurora Coopera

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Long Prairie S

3.3
7339

3.3
Agriland FS, I

3.3

What this shows JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence averages 3.3 TCR (148% of the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesaler BLS benchmark).

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence TCR series: 2017=4 · 2018=0 · 2019=5.8 · BLS 2.2

Where JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence falls in its industry

1,202 Misc. nondurable goods merchan establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 28 Misc. nondurable goods merchan employers in Oregon.

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence (20 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

JR Simplot Company-SGS Independence has fewer employees than the Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2019	5.8	5.8	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	4.0	4.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · OR · Independence

1,202 Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesaler employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 17 employers in Independence, OR · 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	Aurora Cooperative - Dannebrog Agronomy	DANNEBROG, NE	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Long Prairie South	LONG PRAIRIE, MN	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	7339	ATALISSA, IA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Agriland FS, Inc. - Clarinda	CLARINDA, IA	3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Yamhela Vineyard	YAMHILL	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Roe Vineyard	NEWBERG	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Battle Creek Vineyard	TURNER	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Liepold Farms	BORING	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Central School District	Independence	476 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Marquis Hot Tubs LLC	Independence	226 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Elkay Wood Products Company - Independence	Independence	207 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cabinetworks Group	Independence	202 FTE
NAT-TCR	Wis-Pak of La Crosse	La Crosse, WI	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Great Lakes Fresh Market - Osseo	Osseo, WI	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	331 - Stow	Stow, OH	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	US OH Grove City Powder Plant	Grove City, OH	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Field Services and Radio Tech (Charleston)	North Charleston, SC	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TMS - Reading	Reading, PA	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Casa Esperanza	Bartlett, IL	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lassens Fresno	Fresno, CA	20 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.

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