Retail Grocery · California

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223

Merced, CA · ~85 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 runs at 232% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Grocery workplace, earning a grade F.

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223: 7.9 TCR = 232% of Retail Grocery BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 safety composite

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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 7.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−2.8

2023→2024

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 injury rate improved

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223's TCR fell 2.8 from 9.3 in 2023 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=9.3 · 2024=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Merced, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 232% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #2767/4686
  • PHOTO 10285 South Beach
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 10285 South Beach (0.0 TCR gap)

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69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 averages 7.9 TCR (232% of the Retail Grocery BLS benchmark).

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

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 TCR series: 2023=9.3 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 3.4

Where 69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 falls in its industry

30,654 Retail Grocery establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2767 safest of 4686 Retail Grocery employers in California.

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 (85 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223
69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 (85 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

69030002-23 Cardenas Markets 223 has fewer employees than the Retail Grocery median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 6.5 5.2 5 0 0
2023 9.3 8.0 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Merced

30,654 Retail Grocery employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 187 employers in Merced, 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 10285 South Beach 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Geneva 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NAI-0032-0032-03236 FAC-03236-OAK PARK-IL 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SWY-0025-0025-02684 FAC-02684-SACRAMENTO-CA 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gallo Vineyards, Inc. 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roche Brothers Inc. 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Village Nurseries Pauma Valley Yard 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunlet Nursery, Inc. 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030211 1,404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030211-211001 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER MERCED 1,306 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dignity Health 1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2643-64030211-211001 1,200 FTE
NAT-TCR Kemmerer Village Inc 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mesa Golfland Ltd. 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Port St Lucie Fl 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR McLaren Flint 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wrecking Ball Demolition 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 063 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE ARIA of Waukesha 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pleasant View Care Center 85 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: 2024, 2023. 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.