Feed processing equipment, farm-type, manufacturing · California

Kirby Manufacturing Inc

Merced, CA · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Kirby Manufacturing Inc runs at 260% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Feed processing equipment, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Kirby Manufacturing Inc: 8.6 TCR = 260% of Feed processing equipment, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Kirby Manufacturing Inc safety composite

Kirby Manufacturing Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

Kirby Manufacturing Inc: 6.1 → 12.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 12.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Kirby Manufacturing Inc's TCR rose 6.2 from 6.1 in 2017 to 12.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 260% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #34/45
  • PHOTO Orchard-Rite
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Orchard-Rite (0.1 TCR gap)

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Kirby Manufacturing Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Kirby Manufacturing Inc averages 8.6 TCR (260% of the Feed processing equipment, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Kirby Manufacturing Inc TCR series: 2017=6.1 · 2018=6.2 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=12.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Kirby Manufacturing Inc falls in its industry

433 Feed processing equipment, far establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 45 Feed processing equipment, far employers in California.

Kirby Manufacturing Inc (55 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Kirby Manufacturing Inc
Kirby Manufacturing Inc (55 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Kirby Manufacturing Inc has fewer employees than the Feed processing equipment, farm-type, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 12.3 0.0 8 0 0
2020 7.7 1.5 5 0 0
2019 10.8 4.6 7 0 0
2018 6.2 3.1 4 0 0
2017 6.1 1.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · CA · Merced

433 Feed processing equipment, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, 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 Orchard-Rite 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sweco Products Inc 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dodson Road orchards, 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miller Manufacturing Company 8.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE FARMING ADMINISTRATION 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dwelley Family Farms LLC 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-Valley Vineyard Management 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cornerstone Certified Vineyard 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030211 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030211-211001 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR GreenGate Fresh LLLP Yuma 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Bobby Hotel 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Stonebridge Health & Rehab 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR De Arteaga Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 64 RCT Valdosta 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMI Industry 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE John Cook Painting 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jormac Aerospace - Largo, Florida 55 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: 2021, 2020, 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.