Mexican foods, frozen, manufacturing · California
Ruiz Food Products
Tulare, CA · ~168 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ruiz Food Products runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mexican foods, frozen, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.3
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 4
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Ruiz Food Products's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.3 to the Mexican foods, frozen, manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (71% of benchmark) across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Ruiz Food Products's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Ruiz Food Products falls in its industry
276 Mexican foods, frozen, manufac establishmentsSafer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 28 Mexican foods, frozen, manufac employers in California.
Trend analysis for Ruiz Food Products
Between 2017 and 2019, Ruiz Food Products's Total Case Rate worsened from 2.4 to 2.8 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 14% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 1.8, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 2.8, a spread of 0.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 3 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Ruiz Food Products recorded 4 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 4 injuries, 7 illnesses shown on this page for Ruiz Food Products are sourced from its own 3 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311412 - Mexican foods, frozen, manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2019)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 290,053 hours worked = 2.76 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ruiz Food Products (this establishment) | 2.34 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Frozen waffles manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311412 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 5.64 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Ruiz Food Products to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 3 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 4 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Ruiz Food Products's reported OSHA injury record, strong versus its Mexican foods, frozen, manufacturing peers, but not a guarantee about any single site today.
- At 71% of the Mexican foods, frozen, manufacturing benchmark, Ruiz Food Products reports fewer injuries than typical peers, still worth asking how safety is managed day to day. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Mexican foods, frozen, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.