Canning fruits and vegetables · California
The Morning Star Packing LB
Los Banos, CA · ~115 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
The Morning Star Packing LB runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Canning fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade D.
The Morning Star Packing LB: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Canning fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
The Morning Star Packing LB safety composite
The Morning Star Packing LB scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.89 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% 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
The Morning Star Packing LB: 4.6 → 6.8 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 6.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.4× in 2020
The Morning Star Packing LB's TCR rose 2.2 from 4.6 in 2017 to 6.8 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311421 · Los Banos, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind
- DART 6.8 DART
- RANK #22/52
- PHOTO Seneca Foods Corpora…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~115 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Seneca Foods Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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The Morning Star Packing LB in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
The Morning Star Packing LB
4.9 TCR
- Seneca Foods C
Seneca Foods Corporation
4.9 TCR
- B & G Foods, I
B & G Foods, Inc. - Hurlock
4.9 TCR
- welchs
welchs
4.9 TCR
- Stahlbush Isla
Stahlbush Island Farms, Inc.
4.9 TCR
What this shows The Morning Star Packing LB averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Canning fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).
The Morning Star Packing LB TCR series: 2017=4.6 · 2019=3.2 · 2020=6.8 · BLS 3.3
Where The Morning Star Packing LB falls in its industry
330 Canning fruits and vegetables establishmentsSafer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 52 Canning fruits and vegetables employers in California.
The Morning Star Packing LB has fewer employees than the Canning fruits and vegetables median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311421 · CA · Los Banos
330 Canning fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 52 employers in Los Banos, 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 | Seneca Foods Corporation | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | B & G Foods, Inc. - Hurlock | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | welchs | 4.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Stahlbush Island Farms, Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Buona Terra Farming | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ROSE & A FLC | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CA-CSBU - Covina | 115 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Visalia Base - Bld: 0080 - 15 | 115 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 316 | 779 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Liberty Packing Company | 590 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Liberty Packing Company | 496 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Sutter Valley Hospitals (30738) | 374 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Nome Alaska CS | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | B32 | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Dickson CityBiotest Plasma Center | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Main Office | 4.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Meijer DC-804 | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CCAN - Ashtabula | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Community Living Centers, Inc. | 115 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Union Tank Car Company - Altoona, PA | 115 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.