Boxed meat produced from purchased carcasses · California
Square-H Brands, Inc.
Vernon, CA · ~258 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Square-H Brands, Inc. runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Boxed meat produced from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade D.
Square-H Brands, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Boxed meat produced from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Square-H Brands, Inc. safety composite
Square-H Brands, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.12 per 100 workers
Safer than 53% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% 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
Square-H Brands, Inc.: 4.7 → 7.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 7.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2024
Square-H Brands, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.7 from 4.7 in 2017 to 7.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311612 · Vernon, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #16/43
- PHOTO amity packing
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 88 inj
- SIZE ~258 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: amity packing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Square-H Brands, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- 17064
17064
4.2 TCR
- This site
Square-H Brands, Inc.
4.1 TCR
- amity packing
amity packing
4.1 TCR
- Smithfield Foo
Smithfield Foods
4.1 TCR
- Green Bay Dres
Green Bay Dressed Beef Processing
4.1 TCR
What this shows Square-H Brands, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Boxed meat produced from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).
Square-H Brands, Inc. TCR series: 2017=4.7 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=2.9 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Square-H Brands, Inc. falls in its industry
613 Boxed meat produced from purch establishmentsSafer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 43 Boxed meat produced from purch employers in California.
Square-H Brands, Inc. has more employees than the Boxed meat produced from purchased carca 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311612 · CA · Vernon
613 Boxed meat produced from purchased carcasses 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 | amity packing | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Smithfield Foods | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 17064 | 4.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Green Bay Dressed Beef Processing | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DIVERSIFIED FARM LABOR INC | 258 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Los Angeles Office | 258 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | American Vision Windows | 258 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lusamerica | 258 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 | Dacon Industries Co | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Clinton Memory Care | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Overhead Corporation | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Scarianos - Hammond | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Berry Global | 258 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sanford 1 | 258 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kaman Aerospace | 258 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jersey Community Hospital - Hospital | 258 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.