Prepared foods, frozen (except dairy products), merchant wholesalers · California
National Custom Packing
Castroville, CA · ~48 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.8
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
National Custom Packing runs at 355% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Prepared foods, frozen (except dairy products), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
National Custom Packing: 7.8 TCR = 355% of Prepared foods, frozen (except dairy products), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
National Custom Packing safety composite
National Custom Packing scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 7.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 4.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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
National Custom Packing: 0.0 → 4.8 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 13.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.61× in 2024
National Custom Packing's TCR rose 4.8 from 0.0 in 2017 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 13.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.61× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424420 · Castroville, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 355% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #6/17
- PHOTO MI-WYOMI06-Wyoming -…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~48 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MI-WYOMI06-Wyoming - Fleet (0.0 TCR gap)
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National Custom Packing in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- S.J. Distribut
S.J. Distributors LLC-Gilroy Warehouse
7.9 TCR
- This site
National Custom Packing
7.8 TCR
- MI-WYOMI06-Wyo
MI-WYOMI06-Wyoming - Fleet
7.8 TCR
- MI-GAYLO02-Gay
MI-GAYLO02-Gaylord - MI - Trans
7.7 TCR
- Lower Valley P
Lower Valley Processing, Inc.
7.6 TCR
What this shows National Custom Packing averages 7.8 TCR (355% of the Prepared foods, frozen (except dairy products), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
National Custom Packing TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=12.3 · 2019=13.7 · 2020=8.4 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 2.2
Where National Custom Packing falls in its industry
134 Prepared foods, frozen (except establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 17 Prepared foods, frozen (except employers in California.
National Custom Packing has fewer employees than the Prepared foods, frozen (except dairy pro median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13.7 | 11.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.3 | 6.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424420 · CA · Castroville
134 Prepared foods, frozen (except dairy products), merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 30 employers in Castroville, 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 | MI-WYOMI06-Wyoming - Fleet | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MI-GAYLO02-Gaylord - MI - Trans | 7.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S.J. Distributors LLC-Gilroy Warehouse | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lower Valley Processing, Inc. | 7.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ARVIN PRODUCTION & ADMIN | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rava Business Park | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Guerrero Transportation & Contracting Inc | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VPS, Inc | 48 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | D&J Packing LLC PO Box 130 Castroville Ca 95012 | 391 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ocean Mist Farms-Castroville | 171 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ocean Mist Farms - Castroville | 145 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Del Llano Farms | 95 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Utah Pacific bridge & Steel LTD | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Macon Office | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hillsborough Township Police Department | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hendry Regional Medical Center | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Bob's Rentals Inc | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Royal Crown Bottling Co. of Winchester, Inc. | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Chandler Regional | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Paul J Rach Inc. | 48 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.