Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling · California

Van Unen Miersma Propane

Ripon, CA · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Unen Miersma Propane runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling workplace, earning a grade D.

Van Unen Miersma Propane: 6.6 TCR = 194% of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Unen Miersma Propane safety composite

Van Unen Miersma Propane scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−11.6

2018→2020

Van Unen Miersma Propane injury rate improved

Van Unen Miersma Propane's TCR fell 11.6 from 11.6 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 11.6 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=11.6 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454310 · Ripon, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 194% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/20
  • PHOTO Meenan - Wantagh
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meenan - Wantagh (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Unen Miersma Propane in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Unen Miersma Propane averages 6.6 TCR (194% of the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling BLS benchmark).

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

Van Unen Miersma Propane TCR series: 2018=11.6 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Van Unen Miersma Propane falls in its industry

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 20 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) employers in California.

Van Unen Miersma Propane (22 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 020406080100 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Unen Miersma Propane
Van Unen Miersma Propane (22 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Van Unen Miersma Propane has fewer employees than the Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, d median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.1 4.1 2 0 0
2018 11.6 11.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454310 · CA · Ripon

366 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dealers, direct selling employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 27 employers in Ripon, 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 Meenan - Wantagh 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AmeriGas - Royal Oaks, CA 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Plus - Caledonia 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 5200-DRC-WATERVILLE 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE LaGrande Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Carlo Farms, Inc. 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linda Vista Farms 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM SHOP 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 346 779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bethany Home Society of San Joaq 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ripon Winery 264 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burkett's Pool Plastering Inc 227 FTE
NAT-TCR Alliance Community Medical Foundation 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Manufacturing 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Moosic Warehouse #31 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR All-Star-Newtown 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE AWC, Baton Rouge Electrical Division 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Baxter Machine 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE BMC-Pierre 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hoilday Inn Express 22 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, 2018. 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.