Correctional institutions · California

Valley State Prision -- Inmates

Name: Valley State Prision -- Inmates Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Chowchilla, CA · ~1,438 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Valley State Prision -- Inmates runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade A.

Valley State Prision -- Inmates: 1.5 TCR = 46% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Valley State Prision -- Inmates safety composite

Valley State Prision -- Inmates scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−944.0

2017→2018

Valley State Prision -- Inmates injury rate improved

Valley State Prision -- Inmates's TCR fell 944.0 from 945.5 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 945.5 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=945.5 · 2018=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922140 · Chowchilla, CA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 46% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #2/73
PHOTO Dept. of Corrections…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 32 inj
SIZE ~1,438 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dept. of Corrections (21) (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.5
Unites States

1.5
Dept. of Corre

1.4

What this shows Valley State Prision -- Inmates averages 1.5 TCR (46% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).

Valley State Prision -- Inmates TCR series: 2017=945.5 · 2018=1.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Valley State Prision -- Inmates falls in its industry

482 Correctional institutions establishments

Safer than 91% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 73 Correctional institutions employers in California.

Valley State Prision -- Inmates (1,438 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 240 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Valley State Prision -- Inmates has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2018	1.5	0.8	19	2	0
2017	945.5	218.2	13	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922140 · CA · Chowchilla

482 Correctional institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 36 employers in Chowchilla, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Dept. of Corrections (21)	KENAI, AK	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Central Michigan Correctional Facility	ST. LOUIS, MI	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unites States Penitentiary Lee	JONESVILLE, VA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dept. of Corrections (19)	KENAI, AK	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Rancho Los Amogos Rehabilitation Center	DOWNEY	1,438 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CAANA - ANAHEIM	ANAHEIM	1,439 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6403-64030383	OXNARD	1,437 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2032-08180451	SAN DIEGO	1,436 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pacific Orchard Development Inc	Chowchilla	679 FTE
CITY-NEAR	AgriLand Farming Co. Inc.	Chowchilla	275 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Guerrero Labor Contractor	Chowchilla	238 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chowchilla	Chowchilla	152 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pueblo Mechanical and Controls	Tucson, AZ	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Royal St. Charles	New Orleans, LA	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Beaumont Aniline	Nederland, TX	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bemis North America - BCF	Oshkosh, WI	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	601 - New York	New York, NY	1,438 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Field	Marlborough, MA	1,438 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St. Luke's Hospital	Maumee, OH	1,438 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fieldale Farms - Murrayville Plant	Murrayville, GA	1,438 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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