Animal shelters · California

Valley Animal Center, Inc.

Fresno, CA · ~29 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.8
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Valley Animal Center, Inc. runs at 750% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal shelters workplace, earning a grade F.

Valley Animal Center, Inc.: 15.8 TCR = 750% of Animal shelters BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley Animal Center, Inc. safety composite

Valley Animal Center, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 15.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 14.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−2.1

2019→2020

Valley Animal Center, Inc. injury rate improved

Valley Animal Center, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.1 from 16.8 in 2019 to 14.7 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.93× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=16.8 · 2020=14.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812910 · Fresno, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.8 · 750% of ind

  • DART 14.7 DART
  • RANK #10/21
  • PHOTO Centerville ACAC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Centerville ACAC (0.2 TCR gap)

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Valley Animal Center, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Valley Animal Center, Inc. averages 15.8 TCR (750% of the Animal shelters BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Valley Animal Center, Inc. TCR series: 2019=16.8 · 2020=14.7 · BLS 2.1

Where Valley Animal Center, Inc. falls in its industry

65 Animal shelters establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 15.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 21 Animal shelters employers in California.

Valley Animal Center, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 15.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Valley Animal Center, Inc.
Valley Animal Center, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 15.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 15.8

Valley Animal Center, Inc. has fewer employees than the Animal shelters median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 15.8. 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 14.7 14.7 1 1 0
2019 16.8 8.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812910 · CA · Fresno

65 Animal shelters employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 981 employers in Fresno, 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 Centerville ACAC 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Candlewick Kennels 16.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elaine's Pet Resorts Fresno 14.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mohave County Animal Shelter 16.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sean V. Doherty Farms 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Blanco Farms, LLC 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SHOP 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cottonwood Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Fresno 7,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ag Force LLC 6,430 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Regional Medical Ctr 5,549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Regional Medical Center 4,921 FTE
NAT-TCR Marietta Terminal - NON DOT 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Delhi (Ladel) 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Safety Complex 15.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Roof Authority, Inc. 15.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ridgeline Management Company 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kearney Biotest Plasma Center 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Field Erection Division 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kipling & Coal Mine KC 29 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: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.