Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores · California

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324

Buellton, CA · ~102 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324: 5.2 TCR = 153% of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 safety composite

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324: 2.5 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.15× in 2022

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324's TCR rose 4.7 from 2.5 in 2020 to 7.2 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Buellton, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 153% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #1520/4686
  • PHOTO Price Rite Store 226…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Price Rite Store 226 Elmwood (0.0 TCR gap)

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6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 averages 5.2 TCR (153% of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores BLS benchmark).

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

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 TCR series: 2020=2.5 · 2021=6 · 2022=7.2 · BLS 3.4

Where 6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery establishments

Safer than 43% 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 #1520 safest of 4686 Supermarkets and Other Grocery employers in California.

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 (102 employees, TCR 5.2) 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 6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324
6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 (102 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

6962-ABS-0029-0028-03324 has more employees than the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except C 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
2022 7.2 6.0 2 4 0
2021 6.0 4.8 2 3 0
2020 2.5 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Buellton

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 15 employers in Buellton, 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 Price Rite Store 226 Elmwood 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rio Grande Supermarket 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10374 Maui Mall Maui 5.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 021-00947 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE REFCO FARMS LLC 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Pinery LLC 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Del Rey Packing Co 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE ONM 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 153 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Coastal Vineyard Care Associates 647 FTE
CITY-NEAR Santa Barbara Operations 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR ABS-0029-0028-03324 FAC-03324-BUELLTON-CA 101 FTE
NAT-TCR 352455-East Northport Po 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 510852-Blacksburg Po 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 367592-Summerfield Po 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 362368-Elkin Po 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03485 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-ABS-0020-0021-04102 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-ABS-0017-0016-01059 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-ABS-0017-0016-00966 102 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.