Other chemical wholesaler · California

VWR Visalia

Visalia, CA · ~136 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VWR Visalia runs at 253% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other chemical wholesaler workplace, earning a grade F.

VWR Visalia: 5.6 TCR = 253% of Other chemical wholesaler BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VWR Visalia safety composite

VWR Visalia scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

30/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−5.8

2016→2020

VWR Visalia injury rate improved

VWR Visalia's TCR fell 5.8 from 6.6 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=9.3 · 2020=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Visalia, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.6 · 253% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #61/71
  • PHOTO Airgas Refrigerants,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~136 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Airgas Refrigerants, Inc. - Smyrna (0.0 TCR gap)

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VWR Visalia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VWR Visalia averages 5.6 TCR (253% of the Other chemical wholesaler BLS benchmark).

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

VWR Visalia TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=9.3 · 2020=0.8 · BLS 2.2

Where VWR Visalia falls in its industry

766 Other chemical wholesaler establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 71 Other chemical wholesaler employers in California.

VWR Visalia (136 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate VWR Visalia
VWR Visalia (136 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

VWR Visalia has more employees than the Other chemical wholesaler median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 Fatalities
2020 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2017 9.3 7.9 13 0 0
2016 6.6 5.1 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · CA · Visalia

766 Other chemical wholesaler employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 349 employers in Visalia, 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 Airgas Refrigerants, Inc. - Smyrna 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terrace Itasca 5.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agri-Empresa - Midland Location 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jackson Welding Supply 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE HM Clause - Modesto 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE Red Bluff Nursery 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE BC LABOR CONTRACTORS, INC. 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diede Construction 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kaweah Delta Health Care District 4,961 FTE
CITY-NEAR Paragon Personnel 2,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 194 1,485 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 473 1,479 FTE
NAT-TCR Medina Dairy, LLC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Beltmann Relocation Group - Pompano Beach, FL 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Arrow Exterminators Duluth 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Medspeed Sioux Fall 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southeast Food 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE INTERFOR U.S. Inc., Meldrim Division 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Valley View Nursing & Rehab 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Kinetic Co., Inc. 136 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, 2017, 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.