Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing · California

Braga Fresh Foods

Salinas, CA · ~284 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Braga Fresh Foods runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Braga Fresh Foods: 2.6 TCR = 65% of Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Braga Fresh Foods safety composite

Braga Fresh Foods scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−4.8

2018→2024

Braga Fresh Foods injury rate improved

Braga Fresh Foods's TCR fell 4.8 from 5.0 in 2018 to 0.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.0 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311991 · Salinas, CA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 65% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/69
  • PHOTO Pulmuone Foods USA
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 63 inj
  • SIZE ~284 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pulmuone Foods USA (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · California employers → · Look up another →

Braga Fresh Foods in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Braga Fresh Foods averages 2.6 TCR (65% of the Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Braga Fresh Foods TCR series: 2018=5 · 2019=3 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=1.4 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.3 · BLS 4.1

Where Braga Fresh Foods falls in its industry

376 Salads, fresh or refrigerated, establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 69 Salads, fresh or refrigerated, employers in California.

Braga Fresh Foods (284 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 179 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Braga Fresh Foods
Braga Fresh Foods (284 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 179 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Braga Fresh Foods has more employees than the Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.7 1.9 10 0 0
2022 1.4 0.0 5 0 0
2021 3.2 1.4 10 1 0
2020 2.9 0.5 13 0 0
2019 3.0 0.8 11 0 0
2018 5.0 1.9 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311991 · CA · Salinas

376 Salads, fresh or refrigerated, manufacturing 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 Pulmuone Foods USA 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 714-PL001 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kerry Ingredients & Flavours 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE TRI Pointe Homes San Ramon Division 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quidel Corporation - Manufacturing 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE North America : Vista 284 FTE
STATE-SIZE TRM A Corning Company 284 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 Specialty Underwater Services 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Point Blank Enterprises Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Brandon 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MOORESVILLE 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE DPR Construction - Nashville 284 FTE
NAT-SIZE OMHC 284 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc. 284 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4M - Nashville 284 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.