Pastries (e.g., Danish, French), fresh, made in commercial bakeries · California

Central California Baking Co

Exeter, CA · ~214 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central California Baking Co runs at 560% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pastries (e.g., Danish, French), fresh, made in commercial bakeries workplace, earning a grade F.

Central California Baking Co: 18.5 TCR = 560% of Pastries (e.g., Danish, French), fresh, made in commercial bakeries BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central California Baking Co safety composite

Central California Baking Co scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−4.4

2020→2024

Central California Baking Co injury rate improved

Central California Baking Co's TCR fell 4.4 from 19.9 in 2020 to 15.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 20.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=19.9 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=20.0 · 2023=16.5 · 2024=15.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311812 · Exeter, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 18.5 · 560% of ind

  • DART 8.2 DART
  • RANK #132/139
  • PHOTO Lepage - Cedar Street
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 160 inj
  • SIZE ~214 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lepage - Cedar Street (0.2 TCR gap)

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Central California Baking Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central California Baking Co averages 18.5 TCR (560% of the Pastries (e.g., Danish, French), fresh, made in commercial bakeries BLS benchmark).

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

Central California Baking Co TCR series: 2020=19.9 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=20 · 2023=16.5 · 2024=15.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Central California Baking Co falls in its industry

1,014 Pastries (e.g., Danish, French establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #132 safest of 139 Pastries (e.g., Danish, French employers in California.

Central California Baking Co (214 employees, TCR 18.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Central California Baking Co
Central California Baking Co (214 employees, TCR 18.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 117 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Central California Baking Co has more employees than the Pastries (e.g., Danish, French), fresh, median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 15.6 8.2 16 1 0
2023 16.5 13.1 24 0 0
2022 20.0 10.3 35 0 0
2021 20.4 14.9 44 1 0
2020 19.9 18.6 41 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311812 · CA · Exeter

1,014 Pastries (e.g., Danish, French), fresh, made in commercial bakeries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 26 employers in Exeter, 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 Lepage - Cedar Street 18.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Acme Bread Co Div III 18.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lepage Bakeries Park Street LLC 19.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sioux Falls Regional Bakery - Main Store 19.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ventura Ag, Inc. 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE John W. Paulson Community 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lawson Mechanical Contractors, LLC 214 FTE
STATE-SIZE KINGSBURG, CA 214 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gutierrez FLC Inc 1,259 FTE
CITY-NEAR Exeter - F031 330 FTE
CITY-NEAR farm labor 218 FTE
CITY-NEAR Svenhard's Swedish Bakery 200 FTE
NAT-TCR HPSTC - Mayes Center 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SalusCare, Inc. Colonial Campus 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Memorial Care Center 18.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hampton Inn Charleston - Southridge 18.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rowan County Sheriffs Office 214 FTE
NAT-SIZE 118 - Alexis Rd Toledo 214 FTE
NAT-SIZE 166 - Preston Hwy Louisville 214 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulfport Dry 214 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.