Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils · Louisiana

Ventura Foods - Opelousas

Name: Ventura Foods - Opelousas Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Opelousas, LA · ~197 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ventura Foods - Opelousas runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils workplace, earning a grade C.

Ventura Foods - Opelousas: 2.9 TCR = 88% of Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ventura Foods - Opelousas safety composite

Ventura Foods - Opelousas scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ventura Foods - Opelousas: 3.0 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.24× in 2024

Ventura Foods - Opelousas's TCR rose 1.3 from 3.0 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311225 · Opelousas, LA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 88% of ind

DART 3.6 DART
RANK P47
PHOTO Ventura Foods, LLC
BOOK 6y book
INJ 33 inj
SIZE ~197 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ventura Foods, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Ventura Foods - Opelousas averages 2.9 TCR (88% of the Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils BLS benchmark).

Ventura Foods - Opelousas TCR series: 2016=3 · 2019=1.8 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=4 · 2023=0.6 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Ventura Foods - Opelousas falls in its industry

86 Grease, inedible, animal and v establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Ventura Foods - Opelousas (197 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Ventura Foods - Opelousas has more employees than the Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2024	4.2	3.6	7	0
2023	0.6	0.6	1	0
2021	4.0	3.5	8	0
2020	3.9	2.9	5	3
2019	1.8	1.4	4	0
2016	3.0	1.5	8	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311225 · LA · Opelousas

86 Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 37 employers in Opelousas, LA · 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	Ventura Foods, LLC	ONTARIO, CA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Erie International Group	CHICAGO, IL	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Catania OIls	AYER, MA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ventura Foods	ALBERT LEA, MN	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Gulfstream Services, Inc - Corporate	HOUMA	197 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Krotz Springs Refinery	KROTZ SPRINGS	197 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Teijin Automotive Technologies Louisiana, LLC	SAREPTA	197 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Baton Rouge LA	BATON ROUGE	197 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Opelousas General Hospital Authority	Opelousas	1,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6048	Opelousas	906 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 6048	Opelousas	680 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Evangeline Downs	Opelousas	378 FTE
NAT-TCR	Comanche	Pueblo, CO	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Minnesuing Acres	Lake Nebagamon, WI	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kuck Mechanical Contractors LLC	Loveland, CO	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Reliable Bronze & Mfg. Inc	Stanchfield, MN	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Owensboro Municipal Utilities	Owensboro, KY	197 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dalton Motors SD, LLC	National City, CA	197 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KPMG Lakehouse	Orlando, FL	197 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LifeCare Ambulance	Memphis, TN	197 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: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016. 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.