Employer · California
113 - Gardena
Los Angeles, CA · ~257 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
113 - Gardena runs at 519% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.
113 - Gardena: 11.4 TCR = 519% of industry BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
113 - Gardena safety composite
113 - Gardena scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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).
20/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 13.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% 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
113 - Gardena: 5.9 → 15.5 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 15.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2024
113 - Gardena's TCR rose 9.6 from 5.9 in 2021 to 15.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424810 · Los Angeles, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 519% of ind
- DART 13.0 DART
- RANK #45/58
- PHOTO Venture South Distri…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 104 inj
- SIZE ~257 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Venture South Distributors (0.0 TCR gap)
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113 - Gardena in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
113 - Gardena
11.4 TCR
- Venture South
Venture South Distributors
11.4 TCR
- Maine Distribu
Maine Distributors
11.4 TCR
- 6378-63780003
6378-63780003
11.4 TCR
- Standard Sales
Standard Sales Company, LP Louisville, KY
11.3 TCR
What this shows 113 - Gardena averages 11.4 TCR (519% of the industry BLS benchmark).
113 - Gardena TCR series: 2021=5.9 · 2022=15.4 · 2023=8.8 · 2024=15.5 · BLS 2.2
Where 113 - Gardena falls in its industry
664 industry establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 58 industry employers in California.
113 - Gardena has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.4. 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 | 15.5 | 13.0 | 37 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.4 | 14.7 | 37 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424810 · CA · Los Angeles
664 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 2,064 employers in Los Angeles, 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 | Venture South Distributors | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maine Distributors | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 6378-63780003 | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Standard Sales Company, LP Louisville, KY | 11.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Premier Mushrooms | 257 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kern Labor Contracting, Inc | 257 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KEARNY - 1 | 257 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | TRL Systems, Inc. | 257 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. | 50,317 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UC Los Angeles | 40,333 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LADWP | 11,717 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Los Angeles Department of Water and Power | 10,346 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Store 8002 | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 10 Maple Road, Randolph MA 02368 | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | L H Lacy Company Ltd | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Central Region Cooperative - SE Agronomy East/BCA/Shop | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Boys & Girls Village | 257 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | E&K of Kansas City, Inc. | 257 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Berry Film Products Company, Inc. | 257 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Woodland Foods | 257 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.