Discount Department Stores · California
2019 - Whittier
Whittier, CA · ~251 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
2019 - Whittier runs at 259% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.
2019 - Whittier: 8.8 TCR = 259% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
2019 - Whittier safety composite
2019 - Whittier scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Rising injury rate
2019 - Whittier: 3.8 → 5.1 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 18.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.58× in 2024
2019 - Whittier's TCR rose 1.3 from 3.8 in 2019 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452112 · Whittier, CA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 259% of ind
- DART 5.1 DART
- RANK #666/850
- PHOTO 1522 - Red Wing
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 28 inj
- SIZE ~251 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 1522 - Red Wing (0.0 TCR gap)
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2019 - Whittier in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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2019 - Whittier
8.8 TCR
- 1522 - Red Win
1522 - Red Wing
8.8 TCR
- 1133 - Panama
1133 - Panama City
8.8 TCR
- 1163 - Ft Laud
1163 - Ft Lauderdale
8.8 TCR
- 0397 - Grand R
0397 - Grand Rapids North
8.8 TCR
What this shows 2019 - Whittier averages 8.8 TCR (259% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).
2019 - Whittier TCR series: 2019=3.8 · 2021=13.5 · 2022=18.6 · 2023=3 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.4
Where 2019 - Whittier falls in its industry
4,991 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #666 safest of 850 Discount Department Stores employers in California.
2019 - Whittier has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 18.6 | 17.3 | 4 | 24 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.5 | 10.1 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452112 · CA · Whittier
4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 124 employers in Whittier, 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 | 1522 - Red Wing | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1133 - Panama City | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1163 - Ft Lauderdale | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0397 - Grand Rapids North | 8.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Harris Woolf Almonds Coalinga | 251 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ICHIGO BERRY FARMS | 251 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PICK, PACK & HAUL, INC | 251 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FRESNO RMC | 251 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PIH Health Hospital - Whittier | 3,609 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | California Department of Transportation Facility 499 | 2,621 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PIH Health Hospital - Downey | 1,130 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PIH Health Physicians | 819 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 1522 - Red Wing | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Louisville KY | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bozzuto's Inc. | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HarborWalk Hospitality | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1935 - Royal Palm Beach | 251 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1764 - Plano West | 251 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1370 - Farragut | 251 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1265 - Timonium | 251 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.