Variety Stores · California

4186-29197

Avenal, CA · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

4186-29197 runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Variety Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

4186-29197: 6.0 TCR = 177% of Variety Stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4186-29197 safety composite

4186-29197 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

4186-29197: 0.0 → 12.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2021

4186-29197's TCR rose 12.1 from 0.0 in 2020 to 12.1 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452319 · Avenal, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 177% of ind

  • DART 12.1 DART
  • RANK #65/151
  • PHOTO 4223-M0500
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 4223-M0500 (0.0 TCR gap)

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4186-29197 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4186-29197 averages 6.0 TCR (177% of the Variety Stores BLS benchmark).

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

4186-29197 TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=12.1 · BLS 3.4

Where 4186-29197 falls in its industry

1,513 Variety Stores establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 151 Variety Stores employers in California.

4186-29197 (33 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 24 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate 4186-29197
4186-29197 (33 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 24 employees and a TCR of 5.8

4186-29197 has more employees than the Variety Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2021 12.1 12.1 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452319 · CA · Avenal

1,513 Variety Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 4 employers in Avenal, 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 4223-M0500 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4186-02304 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4186-01779 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4186-04759 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tutti Frutti Farms 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE EL CENTRO 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE BULLSEYE FARMS 18 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE River Vista Farms LLC 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avenal State Prison 1,304 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kochergen Farms Composting 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR 29197 STORE 29197 23 FTE
NAT-TCR EcoLogic Energy Solutions #377 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Facility 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Plattsburgh Facility 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Houston Northwest Medical Center 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Drury Inn & Suites - Amarillo 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Drury Inn & Suites - McAllen 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Expert Insulation - Rochester #456 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Next Door Distribution LLC 33 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: 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.