Fast-food restaurants · California

Carl'S Jr 242

Santa Maria, CA · ~27 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carl'S Jr 242 runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fast-food restaurants workplace, earning a grade D.

Carl'S Jr 242: 5.1 TCR = 170% of Fast-food restaurants BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carl'S Jr 242 safety composite

Carl'S Jr 242 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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

−10.2

2017→2018

Carl'S Jr 242 injury rate improved

Carl'S Jr 242's TCR fell 10.2 from 10.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.2 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722513 · Santa Maria, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 170% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #127/264
  • PHOTO Denny's 9551
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Denny's 9551 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carl'S Jr 242 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carl'S Jr 242 averages 5.1 TCR (170% of the Fast-food restaurants BLS benchmark).

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

Carl'S Jr 242 TCR series: 2017=10.2 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.0

Where Carl'S Jr 242 falls in its industry

1,014 Fast-food restaurants establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #127 safest of 264 Fast-food restaurants employers in California.

Carl'S Jr 242 (27 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Carl'S Jr 242
Carl'S Jr 242 (27 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 4.8

Carl'S Jr 242 has fewer employees than the Fast-food restaurants median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 10.2 5.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722513 · CA · Santa Maria

1,014 Fast-food restaurants 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Denny's 9551 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR King Arthur Flour Co., Inc. -Camelot, Bakery Berry Cafe, A-Street, BEC West 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bonanno's New York Pizzeria #819 Venetian 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wendy's Store #384 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE HQ 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Medeiros Farms Vineyards 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE SAND RANCH 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE San Bernabe Vineyards 27 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 Kentucky View (Kyfou) 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Galesburg (Ilgal) 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Federal Building-IRS 669 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 0581 - Albany, or 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE WSUTA - Utah 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE TR005 - Moultrie, GA 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phoenix Mining 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lewis River 27 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.