Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing · California

Lifoam Vernon

Vernon, CA · ~60 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lifoam Vernon runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Lifoam Vernon: 1.2 TCR = 37% of Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lifoam Vernon safety composite

Lifoam Vernon scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Lifoam Vernon held a steady TCR band

Lifoam Vernon's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=0.0 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326140 · Vernon, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 37% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/14
  • PHOTO SELIT North America …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SELIT North America Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lifoam Vernon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lifoam Vernon averages 1.2 TCR (37% of the Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Lifoam Vernon TCR series: 2017=0 · 2021=4.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Lifoam Vernon falls in its industry

260 Coolers or ice chests, polysty establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Coolers or ice chests, polysty employers in California.

Lifoam Vernon (60 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Lifoam Vernon
Lifoam Vernon (60 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Lifoam Vernon has fewer employees than the Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.9 4.9 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326140 · CA · Vernon

260 Coolers or ice chests, polystyrene foam, manufacturing 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR SELIT North America Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foodservice : TEMPLE 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Der-Tex 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leviat - Boone 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Coast Vineyards 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sun Pacific Farming Cooperative, Inc | Grapes Delano 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paiva Farm Management 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rocket Farms Herbs Inc Thermal 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA 1,633 FTE
CITY-NEAR GRANDE VISTA (CAGVS) 1,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR CAGVS - GRANDE VISTA 1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods - Vernon 984 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Dunkirk City School District 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Dynamic Polymer Solutions LLC 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Parts Authority Amityville 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Trinity International University 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Navajo Refining Artesia 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chesterfields Health Care Center 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nilodor 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Empire Electric Association 60 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, 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.