636 - Costa Mesa
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COSTA MESA, CA | Department stores
~169 avg employees | 3 years of OSHA data
636 - Costa Mesa has an average TCR of 8.3, which is 244% of the industry average (3.4) for Department stores. This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for 636 - Costa Mesa
636 - Costa Mesa operates an establishment with approximately 169 full-time equivalent workers in COSTA MESA, CA, classified under the Department stores industry (NAICS 452210). Across 3 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 29 recordable injuries, 3 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 8.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 3.4 for Department stores, 636 - Costa Mesa's workforce experiences 244% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 3 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating 636 - Costa Mesa as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from 636 - Costa Mesa's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 452210 — Department stores.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2019)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 220,523 hours worked = 2.72 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 636 - Costa Mesa (this establishment) | 8.30 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Department Stores industry avg | 3.40 | BLS IIF, NAICS 452210 |
| California state avg (all industries) | 58.88 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by 636 - Costa Mesa to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2019: 6 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 14 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9.3 | 3.3 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
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