Ventura Foods - Opelousas
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OPELOUSAS, LA | Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils
~197 avg employees | 6 years of OSHA data
Ventura Foods - Opelousas has an average TCR of 2.9, which is 88% of the industry average (3.3) for Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils. This is better than average.
Safety Insights for Ventura Foods - Opelousas
Ventura Foods - Opelousas operates an establishment with approximately 197 full-time equivalent workers in OPELOUSAS, LA, classified under the Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils industry (NAICS 311225). Across 6 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 33 recordable injuries, 3 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the C letter grade (Average Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.3 for Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils, Ventura Foods - Opelousas's workforce experiences 88% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR below the benchmark signals that controls, training, or automation may be outperforming peers.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 6 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Ventura Foods - Opelousas as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Ventura Foods - Opelousas's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311225 — Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
6 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 331,569 hours worked = 3.62 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Ventura Foods - Opelousas (this establishment) | 2.91 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Margarine-butter blend made from purchased fats and oils industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311225 |
| Louisiana state avg (all industries) | 3.99 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Ventura Foods - Opelousas to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 1 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 8 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 3 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 8 reportable incidents · 8 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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