cold storage · California

California Giant Cooling LLC

Santa Maria, CA · ~18 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
10.3
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

California Giant Cooling LLC runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical cold storage workplace, earning a grade D.

California Giant Cooling LLC: 10.3 TCR = 178% of cold storage BLS 5.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

California Giant Cooling LLC safety composite

California Giant Cooling LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−9.4

2017→2024

California Giant Cooling LLC injury rate improved

California Giant Cooling LLC's TCR fell 9.4 from 13.7 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 25.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.7 · 2018=25.2 · 2019=20.8 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 10.3 · 178% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #120/125
  • PHOTO Tacoma - PRW
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tacoma - PRW (0.0 TCR gap)

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California Giant Cooling LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows California Giant Cooling LLC averages 10.3 TCR (178% of the cold storage BLS benchmark).

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

California Giant Cooling LLC TCR series: 2017=13.7 · 2018=25.2 · 2019=20.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.7 · 2022=4.4 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 5.8

Where California Giant Cooling LLC falls in its industry

1,039 cold storage establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #120 safest of 125 cold storage employers in California.

California Giant Cooling LLC (18 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate California Giant Cooling LLC
California Giant Cooling LLC (18 employees, TCR 10.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

California Giant Cooling LLC has fewer employees than the cold storage median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 4.3 4.3 1 0 0
2023 9.7 9.7 2 0 0
2022 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2021 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 20.8 10.4 4 0 0
2018 25.2 18.9 4 0 0
2017 13.7 13.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · CA · Santa Maria

1,039 cold storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 280 employers in Santa Maria, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Tacoma - PRW 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Americold Albertville, AL 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dawn Food Products - Salt Lake City Distribution 10.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Co 31 Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. 10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Henry Hibino Farms LLC 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE BATAVIA, INC. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gold Coast Farms 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE HM.CLAUSE Davis East Research Station 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rancho Nuevo Harvesting, Inc. 2,290 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030364 2,110 FTE
CITY-NEAR 64030364-364001 MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 2,074 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marian Regional Medical Center 2,021 FTE
NAT-TCR New York State Parks Allegany Region 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Clio 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Clyde S Walton Inc 10.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lumbra Hardwoods Inc. 10.3 TCR

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, 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.