Retail Grocery · California

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205

Salinas, CA · ~64 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 runs at 203% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retail Grocery workplace, earning a grade F.

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205: 6.9 TCR = 203% of Retail Grocery BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 safety composite

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205: 3.2 → 10.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.53× in 2024

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205's TCR rose 7.3 from 3.2 in 2023 to 10.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 203% of ind

  • DART 10.6 DART
  • RANK #2368/4686
  • PHOTO Factor Sales, Inc. D…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Factor Sales, Inc. Del Sol 12 (0.0 TCR gap)

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69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 averages 6.9 TCR (203% of the Retail Grocery BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 TCR series: 2023=3.2 · 2024=10.6 · BLS 3.4

Where 69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 falls in its industry

30,654 Retail Grocery establishments

Safer than 27% 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 #2368 safest of 4686 Retail Grocery employers in California.

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 (64 employees, TCR 6.9) 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 69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205
69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 (64 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

69030002-5 Cardenas Markets 205 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 10.6 10.6 4 2 0
2023 3.2 3.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Salinas

30,654 Retail Grocery employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 337 employers in Salinas, 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 Factor Sales, Inc. Del Sol 12 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6400-SWY-0017-0017-01605 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 002 - Davis Mace 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR El Super #11 Euclid 6.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE LAX - Provisioning 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern California 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE MGM Brakes - Cloverdale 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE CASA DE VIDA 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing 8,854 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foothill Packing-California 3,255 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital 2,197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Salinas Valley Healthcare System 2,133 FTE
NAT-TCR Stanley Spring & Stamping 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Nonwoven, INC. 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Trobella Cabinetry 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Belton 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pizza Blends North Kansas City 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bloomfield Wholesale 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeside Lumber 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capitol Exhibit Services Inc 64 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.