Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses · California

Richwood Meat Company, Inc.

Name: Richwood Meat Company, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Merced, CA · ~125 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Richwood Meat Company, Inc. runs at 83% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade C.

Richwood Meat Company, Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 83% of Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Richwood Meat Company, Inc. safety composite

Richwood Meat Company, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

Richwood Meat Company, Inc.: 0.0 → 5.5 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.43× in 2018

Richwood Meat Company, Inc.'s TCR rose 5.5 from 0.0 in 2017 to 5.5 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Merced, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 83% of ind

DART 3.9 DART
RANK #6/43
PHOTO Blue & Gold Sausage Co
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Blue & Gold Sausage Co (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
Meadowside

2.8
This site

2.7
Beef Products,

2.7
CTI Foods Azus

2.7

What this shows Richwood Meat Company, Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (83% of the Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).

Richwood Meat Company, Inc. TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=5.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Richwood Meat Company, Inc. falls in its industry

613 Beef, primal and sub-primal cu establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade C

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 43 Beef, primal and sub-primal cu employers in California.

Richwood Meat Company, Inc. (125 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Richwood Meat Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made f median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2018	5.5	3.9	7	0	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · CA · Merced

613 Beef, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Blue & Gold Sausage Co	JONES, OK	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Beef Products, Inc. - Holcomb	HOLCOMB, KS	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CTI Foods Azusa	AZUSA, CA	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Meadowside	SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WI	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Maywood Farms	CORNING	125 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bowland Vineyard Management, Inc.	SANTA ROSA	125 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ventura Pacific	OXNARD	125 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Heritage Farms LLC	EL CENTRO	125 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6403-64030211	Merced	1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR	64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED	Merced	1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dignity Health	Merced	1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2643-64030211-211001	Merced	1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR	Masco Cabinetry Duncanville	Duncanville, TX	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	KCP&L - Johnson County Service Center	Lenexa, KS	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Selmer Sawmill	Selmer, TN	2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ufp Ventures Ii	Prairie Du Chien, WI	2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	6091-SS003	Tempe, AZ	125 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Columbus Container	Columbus, IN	125 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MPS Raleigh	Raleigh, NC	125 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ravenna Container	Ravenna, OH	125 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.