Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing · California
Valley Pallet - Salinas
Salinas, CA · ~105 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Valley Pallet - Salinas runs at 357% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Valley Pallet - Salinas: 11.8 TCR = 357% of Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Valley Pallet - Salinas safety composite
Valley Pallet - Salinas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 10.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% 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
−4.8
2022→2024
Valley Pallet - Salinas injury rate improved
Valley Pallet - Salinas's TCR fell 4.8 from 14.9 in 2022 to 10.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=14.9 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=10.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321920 · Salinas, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 357% of ind
- DART 10.1 DART
- RANK #52/67
- PHOTO Kamps Pallets Hugo
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 40 inj
- SIZE ~105 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Kamps Pallets Hugo (0.0 TCR gap)
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Valley Pallet - Salinas in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Valley Pallet - Salinas
11.8 TCR
- Kamps Pallets
Kamps Pallets Hugo
11.8 TCR
- Timber Creek R
Timber Creek Resource - Antigo
11.8 TCR
- William Penn H
William Penn Highway
11.8 TCR
- Kamps Levittow
Kamps Levittown
11.8 TCR
What this shows Valley Pallet - Salinas averages 11.8 TCR (357% of the Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Valley Pallet - Salinas TCR series: 2022=14.9 · 2023=10.3 · 2024=10.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Valley Pallet - Salinas falls in its industry
952 Pallet containers, wood or woo establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #52 safest of 67 Pallet containers, wood or woo employers in California.
Valley Pallet - Salinas has more employees than the Pallet containers, wood or wood and meta median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14.9 | 11.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321920 · CA · Salinas
952 Pallet containers, wood or wood and metal combination, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, 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 | Kamps Pallets Hugo | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Timber Creek Resource - Antigo | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | William Penn Highway | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kamps Levittown | 11.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Villa Park Riverside | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Zion Harvest | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fowler Packing Farm Management | 105 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SATICOY BASE - 15 | 105 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing | 8,854 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Foothill Packing-California | 3,255 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital | 2,197 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Salinas Valley Healthcare System | 2,133 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Applequist Mfg, Inc. | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ware Butler Building Supply - Waterville | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AHG Apple Valley Medical Center | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Freightliner of Altoona | 11.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Nucor-LMP | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Steel Dynamics, Inc. - Flat Roll Group - Jeffersonville | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Liberty Lake | 105 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Parkview Elementary School | 105 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.