Grocery stores · California

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen

Carson, CA · ~96 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.1
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen runs at 413% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen: 14.1 TCR = 413% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen safety composite

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen held a steady TCR band

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen's TCR held near 0.3 from 12.3 in 2017 to 12.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 17.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.3 · 2020=17.8 · 2021=12.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 413% of ind

  • DART 10.9 DART
  • RANK #4158/4686
  • PHOTO 1109 - NSM Happy Val…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1109 - NSM Happy Valley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bristol Farms Central Kitchen in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bristol Farms Central Kitchen averages 14.1 TCR (413% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen TCR series: 2017=12.3 · 2020=17.8 · 2021=12.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Bristol Farms Central Kitchen falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 5% 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 #4158 safest of 4686 Grocery stores employers in California.

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen (96 employees, TCR 14.1) 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 Central Kitchen
Bristol Farms Central Kitchen (96 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Bristol Farms Central Kitchen has fewer employees than the Grocery 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
2021 12.1 10.9 8 2 0
2020 17.8 17.8 6 9 0
2017 12.3 12.3 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · CA · Carson

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 236 employers in Carson, 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 1109 - NSM Happy Valley 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6400-SWY-0027-0027-03285 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Butera Market 502 14.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR PCC Community Markets Greenlake Aurora 14.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE SUN AND SANDS ENTERPRISES, LLC DBA PRIME TIME INTERNATIONAL 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willoughby Farms, Inc 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redding trim Shed 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE SUN VALLEY RAISINS, INC 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Centric Parts (PEO) - Carson 1,190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Los Angeles Refinery Carson 1,083 FTE
CITY-NEAR AMPAM Parks Mechanical 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Carson 755 FTE
NAT-TCR PCC Community Markets Greenlake Aurora 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 113078-Fort Myers Fl Vmf 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hamilton County Highway Department 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Hearthstone 14.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Green Bay Converting South 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE 55870 Richmond 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwest Infiniti 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Melson DC 96 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: 2021, 2020, 2017. 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.