Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated · California

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center

Name: Smithfield Foods Distribution Center Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Vernon, CA · ~109 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 4.3
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated workplace, earning a grade B.

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center: 4.3 TCR = 73% of Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center safety composite

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center: 3.4 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2023

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center's TCR rose 1.8 from 3.4 in 2022 to 5.2 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Vernon, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 4.3 · 73% of ind

DART 5.2 DART
RANK #65/125
PHOTO Americold Logistics,…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Americold Logistics, LLC: Dominguez Hill (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Smithfield Foods Distribution Center averages 4.3 TCR (73% of the Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated BLS benchmark).

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center TCR series: 2022=3.4 · 2023=5.2 · BLS 5.8

Where Smithfield Foods Distribution Center falls in its industry

1,039 Private warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 125 Private warehousing and storag employers in California.

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center (109 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Smithfield Foods Distribution Center has more employees than the Private warehousing and storage, refrige median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2023	5.2	5.2	1	0	0
2022	3.4	2.0	5	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · CA · Vernon

1,039 Private warehousing and storage, refrigerated 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Americold Logistics, LLC: Dominguez Hill	DOMINGUEZ HILLS, CA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Metro Logics SLC.	SALT LAKE CITY, UT	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Weee Inc. Seattle, WA	SEATTLE, WA 98134, WA	4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	6057	ROBERT, LA	4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BRAVANTE FARM MANAGEMENT	FOWLER	109 FTE
STATE-SIZE	John Kautz Farms - Lodi, CA	LODI	109 FTE
STATE-SIZE	G4 Farm Labor, Inc.	BAKERSFIELD	109 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Elvira Sandoval	WILLIAMS	109 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA	Vernon	1,633 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GRANDE VISTA (CAGVS)	Vernon	1,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CAGVS - GRANDE VISTA	Vernon	1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Foods - Vernon	Vernon	984 FTE
NAT-TCR	Tennessee Bun Company, LLC	Dickson, TN	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Summerford Truck Line	Ashford, AL	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	8807780-Urban Outfitters	Gap, PA	4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Service Machine	Dothan, AL	4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Taylor Devices Inc.	North Tonawanda, NY	109 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wyoming #173	Wyoming, PA	109 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Maplewood at Brewster	Brewster, MA	109 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lancaster Container	Lancaster, PA	109 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. 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.