Chemical Manufacturing · California

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant

Lathrop, CA · ~144 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Chemical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant: 3.7 TCR = 111% of Chemical Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant safety composite

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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

−1.5

2017→2019

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant injury rate improved

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant's TCR fell 1.5 from 5.0 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.0 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325312 · Lathrop, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO Suwannee River Chemi…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~144 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Suwannee River Chemical (0.1 TCR gap)

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JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the Chemical Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant TCR series: 2017=5 · 2018=2.5 · 2019=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant falls in its industry

29 Chemical Manufacturing establishments

Safer than 10% 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 #5 safest of 7 Chemical Manufacturing employers in California.

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant (144 employees, TCR 3.7) 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-Lathrop Plant
JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant (144 employees, TCR 3.7) among 16 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 156 employees and a TCR of 1.5

JR Simplot-Lathrop Plant has fewer employees than the Chemical Manufacturing median and a higher 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 3.5 2.8 5 0 0
2018 2.5 1.9 4 0 0
2017 5.0 3.1 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325312 · CA · Lathrop

29 Chemical Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 77 employers in Lathrop, 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 Suwannee River Chemical 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swift Creek Chemical 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CUSTOM AG FORMULATORS, INC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AB Plant - Rock Springs 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Matsui Nursery, Inc 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hilltop Ranch Inc. - Turlock Rd. 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE DAGO'S CONTRACTING 144 FTE
STATE-SIZE LADWP 1230 3RD 144 FTE
CITY-NEAR CALAH - LATHROP HUB 1,624 FTE
CITY-NEAR LATHROP HUB (CALAH) 970 FTE
CITY-NEAR NA-US-CA-Lathrop-Harlan Rd-Manufacturing 518 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2802_5346 516 FTE
NAT-TCR Englewood Operations 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bick Group Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Birch Gardens Assisted Living 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Duffy Bros, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vigor Industrial 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE A.L. George, LLC dba Onondaga Beverage 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE 220 - Oakview 144 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6400-Swy 0027 3285 144 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.