Food (i.e., groceries) stores · California

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert

Palm Desert, CA · ~101 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert runs at 390% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Food (i.e., groceries) stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert: 13.3 TCR = 390% of Food (i.e., groceries) stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert safety composite

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−28.0

2022→2024

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert injury rate improved

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert's TCR fell 28.0 from 28.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 28.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=28.0 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Palm Desert, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.3 · 390% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4065/4686
  • PHOTO Trader Joe's 0197 Tu…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~101 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trader Joe's 0197 Tustin (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert averages 13.3 TCR (390% of the Food (i.e., groceries) stores BLS benchmark).

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

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert TCR series: 2022=28 · 2023=11.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert falls in its industry

30,654 Food (i.e., groceries) stores establishments

Safer than 6% 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 #4065 safest of 4686 Food (i.e., groceries) stores employers in California.

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert (101 employees, TCR 13.3) 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 Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert
Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert (101 employees, TCR 13.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Bristol Farms - 019 - BF Palm Desert has more employees than the Food (i.e., groceries) stores 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 11.8 11.8 3 5 0
2022 28.0 26.3 4 12 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Palm Desert

30,654 Food (i.e., groceries) stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 106 employers in Palm Desert, 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 Trader Joe's 0197 Tustin 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Grocers 133 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carrollton #146 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-00544 13.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kirschenmann Farms, Inc 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE M & R Company 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE California Sun Grower Services 101 FTE
STATE-SIZE Camacho FLC, Inc 101 FTE
CITY-NEAR JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Spa 994 FTE
CITY-NEAR JW Marriott Desert Springs 800 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marriott Shadow Ridge 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5096 357 FTE
NAT-TCR 141 Tucson 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Grower Merchandising Service LLC 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cordova Health and Rehabilitation, LLC 13.3 TCR
NAT-TCR CMP-P1 13.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hotard Coaches - New Orleans 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alpha Assembly Solutions 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commonwealth Medical Carrier 101 FTE
NAT-SIZE Barkley Company of Arizona 101 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.