Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing · California

Pencco Inc Vernon

Vernon, CA · ~92 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pencco Inc Vernon runs at 25% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Pencco Inc Vernon: 0.8 TCR = 25% of Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pencco Inc Vernon safety composite

Pencco Inc Vernon scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

Pencco Inc Vernon held a steady TCR band

Pencco Inc Vernon's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.0 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325180 · Vernon, CA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 25% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/22
  • PHOTO Clearon Manufacturing
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clearon Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pencco Inc Vernon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pencco Inc Vernon averages 0.8 TCR (25% of the Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Pencco Inc Vernon TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Pencco Inc Vernon falls in its industry

418 Iron compounds, not specified establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 22 Iron compounds, not specified employers in California.

Pencco Inc Vernon (92 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Pencco Inc Vernon
Pencco Inc Vernon (92 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Pencco Inc Vernon has more employees than the Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325180 · CA · Vernon

418 Iron compounds, not specified elsewhere by process, 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 Clearon Manufacturing 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elementis SRL Inc. Huguenot 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scientific Design Company 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR South Plant - El Dorado 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nunez Ag, Inc. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heritage Vineyard Management, Inc. 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Terra Bella Nursery 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Glass House Group Inc. 92 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 AA Metals Inc 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Brewster DC (GTS, PTG) 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR A-O Painting, Inc. 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Acero Prime Feralloy Sinton Processing Center, Locn #1114 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Danville RDC 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Fairfax Police Department 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bozeman 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kik Va LLC 92 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. 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.