Mix, ice cream, manufacturing · California
Tropicale Foods LLC
Ontario, CA · ~368 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Tropicale Foods LLC runs at 254% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mix, ice cream, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Tropicale Foods LLC: 8.4 TCR = 254% of Mix, ice cream, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Tropicale Foods LLC safety composite
Tropicale Foods LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.38 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.66 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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%).
TCR Δ
−1.3
2018→2024
Tropicale Foods LLC injury rate improved
Tropicale Foods LLC's TCR fell 1.3 from 8.7 in 2018 to 7.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=8.7 · 2019=11.4 · 2023=6.0 · 2024=7.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311514 · Ontario, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 254% of ind
- DART 6.7 DART
- RANK #20/20
- PHOTO United Dairymen of A…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 91 inj
- SIZE ~368 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: United Dairymen of Arizona (Main Plant) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Tropicale Foods LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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Tropicale Foods LLC
8.4 TCR
- United Dairyme
United Dairymen of Arizona (Main Plant)
8.4 TCR
- Los Banos Proc
Los Banos Processing Plant
8.3 TCR
- Medford Maple
Medford Maple Island
8.3 TCR
- Tova Industrie
Tova Industries
8.3 TCR
What this shows Tropicale Foods LLC averages 8.4 TCR (254% of the Mix, ice cream, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Tropicale Foods LLC TCR series: 2018=8.7 · 2019=11.4 · 2023=6 · 2024=7.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Tropicale Foods LLC falls in its industry
185 Mix, ice cream, manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 20 Mix, ice cream, manufacturing employers in California.
Tropicale Foods LLC has more employees than the Mix, ice cream, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 6.7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.4 | 7.8 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311514 · CA · Ontario
185 Mix, ice cream, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 599 employers in Ontario, 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 | United Dairymen of Arizona (Main Plant) | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Los Banos Processing Plant | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Medford Maple Island | 8.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tova Industries | 8.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Service Champions | 368 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ms Aerospace, Inc. | 368 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | K01 AER - Oceanside | 368 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DENSO PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AMERICAS INC | 368 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prime Healthcare Services Inc. Location: St. Mary's, Passaic LLC 46-3499370 (HP29) | 10,997 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CAONA - ONTARIO HUB | 4,372 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ONTARIO HUB (CAONA) | 3,354 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Atlantic Solutions Group Inc, Inc. DBA Empire Workforce Solutions | 3,240 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Txfor - Independence Hub | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | EB Ridges Care Center | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Builders Supply Co., Inc. | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Custom Pultrusions, Inc. | 8.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Chr Hansen - West Allis | 368 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pawlb - Wilkes-Barre | 368 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thos. Somerville Co. | 368 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DC39 | 368 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.