Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants · California
Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA
Vernon, CA · ~1,633 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA runs at 124% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants workplace, earning a grade D.
Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA: 4.1 TCR = 124% of Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA safety composite
Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- C 0
Safer than 55% 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, Inc. - Vernon, CA: 2.7 → 5.5 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 5.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.16× in 2019
Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA's TCR rose 2.8 from 2.7 in 2018 to 5.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311611 · Vernon, CA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 124% of ind
- DART 4.8 DART
- RANK #4/14
- PHOTO Hyrum
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 142 inj
- SIZE ~1,633 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hyrum (0.0 TCR gap)
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Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Green Bay Dres
Green Bay Dressed Beef, LLC Acme Plant
4.2 TCR
- FPL Food Main
FPL Food Main Plant
4.2 TCR
- This site
Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA
4.1 TCR
- Hyrum
Hyrum
4.1 TCR
- Perry Way Food
Perry Way Foods, LLC
4 TCR
What this shows Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA averages 4.1 TCR (124% of the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants BLS benchmark).
Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA TCR series: 2018=2.7 · 2019=5.5 · BLS 3.3
Where Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA falls in its industry
212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen employers in California.
Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Vernon, CA has more employees than the Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except p median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 101 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 41 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311611 · CA · Vernon
212 Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants 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 | Hyrum | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Perry Way Foods, LLC | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Bay Dressed Beef, LLC Acme Plant | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FPL Food Main Plant | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DCS-Americas - LA Metro Region | 1,634 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0206-02621351 | 1,632 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 02821351 VALLEJO HOSPITAL TOWER | 1,635 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 02822301 MODESTO MEDICAL CENTER | 1,635 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GRANDE VISTA (CAGVS) | 1,333 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CAGVS - GRANDE VISTA | 1,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Foods - Vernon | 984 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | J&J SNACK FOODS CORPORATION | 672 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Victory Packaging Seattle | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bio-Blood Components - Hammond, IN | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | GLC Richmond | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | O'Neill Highway #135 | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Spartanburg County | 1,633 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clinic-Temple Region | 1,633 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Comm HVAC NA and EMEA : MFG-La Crosse, WI-USA | 1,634 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | St Davids South Austin Hospital | 1,632 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.