Dairy heifer replacement production · California

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc.

Chowchilla, CA · ~82 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dairy heifer replacement production workplace, earning a grade D.

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc.: 6.3 TCR = 139% of Dairy heifer replacement production BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. safety composite

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−4.1

2017→2024

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. injury rate improved

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.1 from 7.2 in 2017 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.2 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=9.0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=7.0 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112111 · Chowchilla, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 139% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #5/15
  • PHOTO JR Simplot Company-Z…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JR Simplot Company-ZX Ranch (0.1 TCR gap)

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Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. averages 6.3 TCR (139% of the Dairy heifer replacement production BLS benchmark).

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

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. TCR series: 2017=7.2 · 2018=8.5 · 2019=9.3 · 2020=9 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=7 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. falls in its industry

75 Dairy heifer replacement produ establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Dairy heifer replacement produ employers in California.

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. (82 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 6.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc.
Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. (82 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 6.5

Vlot Calf Ranch, Inc. has more employees than the Dairy heifer replacement production median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.5. 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 3.1 3.1 4 0 0
2023 1.5 1.5 2 0 0
2022 7.0 7.0 8 0 0
2021 4.3 4.3 4 0 0
2020 9.0 5.4 4 1 0
2019 9.3 6.5 10 0 0
2018 8.5 7.7 10 0 0
2017 7.2 4.5 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112111 · CA · Chowchilla

75 Dairy heifer replacement production 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR JR Simplot Company-ZX Ranch 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rex Ranch 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teunissen Ranch Inc. 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BNW NW Pasture Beef 6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE West Coast Harvesting Inc. 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farm 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wight Vineyard Management, Inc. 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Growers Harvesting LLC 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley State Prision -- Inmates 1,438 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pacific Orchard Development Inc 679 FTE
CITY-NEAR AgriLand Farming Co. Inc. 275 FTE
CITY-NEAR Guerrero Labor Contractor 238 FTE
NAT-TCR Ginsberg's Foods Hudson NY 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR McCreary County Hardwoods, Inc. 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Veit Disposal 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Prinsco, Inc. - Prinsburg 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Park Industries Inc - 6600 building 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mother Hull Home, Inc 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE O&M Indiana Harbor 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Odenton 82 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.